Thanksgiving

This year as we have done several years in the past we went to Massachusetts to Rob's dad's B & B. The drive there was LONG and very comical at times. It all started when it took us about 2 hours to get from Columbus to Mt. Gilead...it should have only taken about 1/2 hour! The kids were getting restless and hungry so we stopped at McDonald's. Aidan was so hungry he was packing the food away and started gagging and proceeded to throw up all over the table. NICE! Cole would not sit still and kept talking to the people sitting behind us. And Aidan thought it would be fun to squeeze the juice box all over both he and I. Needless to say the start of the trip was rough.

We got back in the car and the traffic was STILL slow moving. Thank god, we have the DVD player!! We stopped for gas around Midnight and by this point Cole was still awake and delirious!!! He was saying bye-bye to the digital signs on the side of the building! Rob and I were laughing!!!

We finally made it to MA by 5 or 6 am. The boys slept for a little while once we got there, but then they were ready to go. We had a great Thanksgiving Dinner at Rob's Aunt and Uncle's house. That night Joanne, Kathleen and I braved the crowds and went shopping at midnight at the outlets!! We were there for 2 hours and only went in 4 stores!! But we got some GREAT deals!! Later on Friday we went back and did more shopping while the boys were napping. The good thing was I got about 90% of my Christmas shopping done there.

We ended up leaving to come back home on Saturday...the boys were ready for their own beds and some structure. Rob and I both said the best they were was in the car. Before we left we took a train ride through the little towns and Santa was there to see the kids. The boys loved the train.

Getting on the train!!!

Aidan, so happy to be on the train!

Cole was very serious looking out the window as the train was moving!

Cole was not sure about sitting on Santa's lap, but did tell him he wanted a dump truck for Christmas. Aidan was terrified that's why there are no pictures of him near Santa.