Thanksgiving, shopping and more

Time can just fly by, don't you think? Our little boy is already 16 months old and getting so big! He communicates very well, behaves most of the time, and is super smart. I love being able to stay home with him and play all day. Thank you, Dave, for working so hard that I can. The holidays have been so busy, I have barely even taken any pictures, so this will be a picture-less entry... oh well. Thanksgiving was fun and busy. We spent Turkey Day in Ventura with the Larson/Johnson clan (thanks Pam and Alice for the wonderful dinner) where David was the only child. He unfortunately was not on his best behavior, but at least he had fun picking up all the rocks that have been unearthed by the construction of Grandma/pa Larson's new home. He met big horses for the first time and makes a rather funny face when he tries to "neigh". He is such a character, always doing new funny things. I'm glad that he is such an entertaining child.

That night, the three of us drove to my sister's house in Chino to have a little sleepover. We got in bed around 11 or 11:30 and my sister and I got up at 1:30am to start our shopping. We headed to Ontario Mills first, since it had opened at midnight. After scoring some sweet deals, we went to ToysRUs (which had also opened at midnight). We got there about 4am, waited in line for a while to get in, did our shopping, and then waited an hour to get through to the checkout line. When we finished there, we bee-lined next door to Joanns, which had only had like 5 people in line when we went to ToysRUs. Now there were about 20 or so in front of us, and it opened in half an hour. The line only continued to grow behind us. By the time it opened, there were 50-100 people behind us. I ended up getting almost 40 yards of flannel for baby blankets and saved $200 from what it normally would have cost me. My cost came out to around $60! Awesome, huh? We then headed to the Mattel Outlet about an hour before they opened. We again had perfect timing. There were 3 people in front of us, but right after we got in line, people started coming in droves. I was the first person in the warehouse, and my sister got some amazing deals. We weren't quite done though, we then went to KMart to get a few items for the kids from the Shelter we're buying for.

After that, we called it a day, rescued Dave from the kids and had to get ready for the Sprague Thanksgiving Dinner. (In reality, Dave totally had the kids under control. David was even sleeping when we got back). After another wonderful meal, we started preparing for the next holiday. All Thanksgiving decorations came down on Saturday, and Christmas went up. Nov. 30th we got our tree (a beautiful LIVE one!), and all lights and decorations were in place! This past weekend, David met Santa, but I'll wait for that post until I get the pictures... (will you e-mail me the ones you have Laura?)

Needless to say, we're pretty excited for Christmas. All presents are wrapped and under the tree, and David just loves all these pretty things. When we drive by a house with Christmas lights on at night, he says "oooooo, pretty......more?" and does the sign for more. This happens E-V-E-R-Y time. Told you he was entertaining...