It has been two or three years since we went to Uncle Jerry's for Thanksgiving dinner. Uncle Jerry lives in a trailer smaller than ours, but he has an enormous garage with a coal stove to keep it toasty. So its nice for a big meal. Most of Lee's immediate family was there, plus a cousin I have never met, and Uncle Jerry.
Both of my sisters-in-law were there, and Jackie's two boys, my darling nephews, were there. I had a nice time joking around with Jackie. Jackie and I are pretty different, but having kids makes a good bridge, and I feel like we are getting closer. That makes me happy.
There was no fighting. That is huge. I am not sure if everyone is maturing, or if we were just on our best behavior for Uncle Jerry.
Uncle Jerry asked me to help him get a large print KJV Bible from my work.
Before and after we ate, we made our Black Friday plans. Lee's family likes to go out early for the sales. We decided to meet at 3am at Walmart. Lee and I let them know we would be a bit later than that, because we didn't want to wait in line. They were planning to get a good deal on a TV for Dad's new apartment. Jackie left her kids with Danny's mom. (Danny is her long term significant other/father of her kids. We like Danny.)
I waited in the car with Liv and the baby while Lee and Boo scoped out the deals - the baby was still asleep. Dad brought McDonalds out to the car which was pretty thoughtful. Then we all went in. We found some nice deals on $2 DVDs, then realized the line was looping around the store, and we didn't care about the $2 DVDs! Jackie and Danny did buy a bunch of stuff, though. Then we went to Kmart, where we bought Night at the Museum and Surfs Up for the kids for Christmas at $5 each. Not too bad.
Then I suggested we hit up Ollie's, where there were no lines and the deals always kick Walmart's butt. That was where we all hit the jackpot. Lee and I finished up the kids Christmas shopping and got something for the nephews, too. We got Veggie Tales bible reference books for $3.99 - they are $14.99 retail - and some other things for very cheap, too. We were very pleased.
We also found a few Dummies books for Lee that are related to his program at ITT.
After that, Dad treated us to Denny's. Julius sat in the high chair and ate tiny bits of pancake off the table. There was a table of grandmother's behind us who were impressed with his eating skills for his age. Well, he is a Bostwick, after all.
After that, we went to Big Lots. We helped Dad and Jackie pick out presents for our kids. We picked out a really neat crystal growing kit for Elijah, and doll furniture to go with the Barbie house Nana (as in my mom) got Olivia for her birthday.
During all of this running around, Julius was very good. He nursed in the car halfway through, but rode in his wrap the rest of the time. Impulse, our bad little cocker spaniel, had to ride along. He is terribly clingy and barks if we leave the house. Since trailers are thin enough and close enough that your neighbors can hear if you have a fight, the idea of leaving a barking dog behind at 3am did NOT appeal to us. He did all right, but he wanted to get out and go with us the whole time.
By this time, we were all exhausted, but Lee had to go straight to work. I am on the home stretch of this semester so will work on homework... or maybe take a nap?
Here are a few good pictures of the kids.
I got this smile by pretending to sneeze, over and over.
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After looking at the papers Kaila and I opted not to wait in line this year either. We got up at 6 a.m. and were out the door before 6:30. We got $3 dvd's at Circuit City. Kohl's had soft, cushy slippers to give the kids for St. Nicholas feast day (they get new slippers every year and we put their chocolate coins in there so it's the first thing they see outside their bedrooms the morning of the 6th).
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