Thanksgiving Week

So it feels like Colby has already been on a break from school forever! He's been out since last Tuesday at noon but we spent the entire week sick! I was very anxious to get back to normal life and do some fun stuff!
Sunday was the first day of no puke. We went to Target. We had to get out the house but I didn't want to do anything major since the kids were still recovering. It was a nice outting though! I love shopping this time of year!
Monday we had family pictures. These were from 6:30 am until about 9am. It was fun, but tiring. I was glad we had our outdoor time though. But I was wiped out the rest of the day! We had a low key day the rest of the day!
Tuesday our first normal day! I wanted to take the kids to do something fun! Well our tradition is to bring Colby to the mall and do Santa pictures the week of Thanksgiving. We have done this every year since he was a baby. It works out well b/c we have it done and also we get to him before the crowds. I figured it had been forever since we have done the mall anyway. It was July since the last time we went. We missed our usual October visit with the pumpkin train. Austin has to work all week but I wanted to ahead with these plans. My parents were going to come with us and I figured it would be fun for them to see the kids, but my mom came down with the stomach bug! My dad jumped in though and said he would still like to go. I was thankful he did too! Juggling 2 kids at the mall would have been hard....doable but hard! I am not scared to bring them both out like that like I used to be, but logistically its just tough. So he was alot of help especially with Colby! I think he also had fun seeing Colby run around and have fun! Well Colby always has an agenda when we go to Lakeside. We only go about 3 times a year so we pretty much let him run the show while we are there. First he wanted to ride the train. He rode it by himself but I hope by Easter Lindsay can be right there with him. The age for the train is 1 year by themselves so she was still a little young! Colby loved the train and it was neat seeing him ride with his glasses you could tell he was checking everything out that he's probably been missing out before. After the train we did Santa pictures...I wasn't sure how this would go over considering Lindsay cried a lot at our photo shoot the day before but they both did great! They both EVEN SMILED! I am sure it was a comfort having big brother up there with her! Colby was telling me everything he would tell Santa but then when he got up there I am not sure he said anything at all! Poor guy! I love his childhood innocence I hope he believes in Santa for a few more years. It makes me sad to think how quickly time is going by! After Santa pictures my dad walked with Colby down to the Disney store so I could take Lindsay to get her foot measured for real shoes. I know she is getting close to walking so I want her to have some good shoes that she can wear. She has been wearing these robeez white sandals since June/July but I know she needs some better shoes now! Well figures they were out of her size but we found out she needs a size 3 or 3.5 so I went home and ordered her some! Atleast she will have some real shoes soon! We went down to the Disney store to meet my dad and Colby. Ofcourse Colby talked Granddaddy into a car. We also chose ornaments for the kids. I may still go get them 1 each from Hallmark when I have the time but atleast if we don't they each have a Disney one. We have always let Colby pick out an ornament from the time he was 1 till now. Its a sweet tradition. After the Disney store Colby decided it was lunch time so off we went to eat! This is when I was really glad to have my dad's help. He was a big help with Colby while I stayed busy feeding Lindsay. Now that she eats table food I spent most of my time breaking up bites of Colby's nuggets and fries and feeding her baby food before I could even think of enjoying my lunch. It was hectic but fun! After lunch we made one more stop in PB kids. By this point Lindsay was getting tired but Colby loves that store! He just loves playing with everything in there! I found them some books for their Christmas stash. I like buying things slowly. Anyway we stayed in there awhile until Lindsay had had enough then we bought a cookie and headed out! It was a fun time! It was the first "fun" day I felt like we had since the week before when we did City Park. I missed Austin and my mom but it was sweet having just my dad there with us. I love making memories like that with the kids and I know Colby really had fun! Poor thing he's been out of school a week and I feel like he's mostly just sat around the house so I was glad for him to get out and do something special!
Now we are getting ready for our trip to Hattiesburg! I will post back about that when we get home! Happy Thanksgiving!