Tis the Season.......

Well Antwane is finally here...he got here late Monday night and the week has went so fast. It will already be time for him to leave in two days :(. We didn't do a whole lot during the early part of the week, the kids had school and Antwane and I just relaxed.

On Thursday we had a great Thanksgiving. We cleaned all morning and then I started cooking. I put a ham in the crockpot. I also made some mashed potatoes. I thought I was going to be able to use instant but I sent Antwane to the store to get them and he came back with a bag of potatoes, so no taking the easy way out. I also made some candied yams, baked beans, some cupcakes and rolls. And Antwane made his usual Nothing. I called all of my family and wished them a Happy Thanksgiving. Keisa, Michael, Amagine, Ahnique, and Mikequan came over for dinner. Keisa made a yummy turkey. It was so pretty. She also made some stuffing, macaroni and cheese, and a green bean casserole. Michael made some fried dumplings, that were sooo good. So we had lots of food and lots of fun that night. We all ate. The parents had a few drinks, the guys watched a little football. The kids made us lists of what they want for Christmas. The lists were quite interesting. There were cars, electronics, and Jalen's whole list was food. LOL And then we all played Yahtzee. Everyone except me and Keisa got a Yahtzee. It was so fun...the kids had a blast, especially when they got a Yahtzee. Keisa rushed everyone until it was her turn. She would say "Pass the dice, keep it moving." And Antwane was hating as usual, if someone got something on the lower portion of the card: three or four of a kind, full house, large or small straight, or a yahtzee, he would say that either we were lucky or we cheated. He hates to lose. Keisa won the first time, Antwane won the second, and Amagine won the final game...YEA for Amagine. She was so proud of her score!! Deja came in second. The third game for me was horrible. I scored a 149!!! Even Jalen beat me. Jalen did so good adding his score. He didn't use paper or anything, he just added it in his head. Keisa didn't believe it was right and so I re-added it. But Jalen was right. He such a smart kid, sometimes too smart. Our friends ended up staying until after midnight!!!! It was such a wonderful night. I was so thankful to have great friends and family to spend it with!!

And then came the day that I have been waiting for.....the day after Christmas!! Time to put up the tree. Last year I put the tree up on Thanksgiving night but this year I actually made until the next day. So I got all of the trimmings out, rearranged the living room and got started. It all took about five hours!!! But it looks great. I always love the Christmas decorations. I wish I could leave them up longer than a month. One year I left my tree up until like the middle of April....LOL!!

We ended the night with a movie, Hulk. It was pretty good. Jalen had fallen asleep and we didn't notice when he had woken up...he just all of a sudden said, "did anyone see those Pringles on the table?" It was so funny...Jalen loves junk food.

Tomorrow we are going to decorate outside and then we'll be done.

And the countdown for Christmas officially starts!!!!! Tis the season.......


TTYN