On Friday evening we celebrating Thanksgiving with the Ossmans. All cousins were there, running in a pack. There was a Thanksgiving play that the kids adapted from a Scholastic paper. Everyone had costumes, and even Alice and Nina had parts. Finn and Alena were playing a new game they invented called "body ball" where they bumped an exercise ball around for hours (this even made its way into the play, because apparently it was a Native American game). Lily wasn't interested in playing, so to Nora's extreme pleasure she spent some one on one time with Nora! Nora just learned how to do a cartwheel and is doing them constantly: during supper, getting ready for bed, in the hallway...well, Lily just happens to love tumbling as well. The two girls worked on synchronized tumbling in the backyard. Nina and Alice played together, so that left Edith and Otto. Otto isn't crawling yet, and Edith was trying to teach him. She was also trying to use him to help her stand up.
Saturday we had a little party with the Ossmans for Edith. She had her first taste of chocolate cake (just a bite, then she went back to eating a saltine.) The cousins decorated the basement in a Harry Potter theme. There was a make your own wand station, the sorting hat, and magic tricks. Everything was a little chaotic, and Edith wasn't too excited to open her gifts. There was no shortage of volunteers to open them for her, at least! Edith got a book, some new outfits, and a new tricycle.
We rushed through the present opening because we were headed to the Washington Holiday Parade. There were cookies and cocoa, a horse drawn wagon ride, Santa, the parade, and most importantly: convenient parking. We headed straight home after that, and all kids were soon asleep in the van.
FLAN (Finn, Lily, Alena, Nora)
Look at this cute little one: she is a fast crawler and is starting to take a couple of steps on her own!
Harry Potter themed cake and opening a present from Grandma Dee
Too much excitement! But I love my cool new trike!
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