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OK, I know I have been slacking off on here and not updating. But to be perfectly honest there's really been nothing too exciting going. OK there had been nothing exciting going. We have had more excitement in the last week and a half then in the last month.

Friday, November 21

First things first, the kids had their program for Apples to Zebra's . It was really cute. Hayden's class was scheduled to go on Thursday and Phedora's on Friday. We opted to have Hayden go with Phedora's class so that Dan could come along as well. They sang all the songs that they had learned over the 2 1/2-3 months. They even learned how to sign a song. We got it on video so I will have to see if I can post it. Hayden was being really shy and didn't want to participate at all. He said he didn't know there was going to be so many people watching. A little stage fright I guess. At the end they both got a certificate of completion. They are anxious to get back, we start back on January 12th.

Saturday, November 22

The next day we had Hayden's 5th birthday party! I cant believe that he is already 5, its already been 5 years. It feels like just yesterday, I was in the hospital. I remember it all vividly, just like it was yesterday. We rented a jumpy house and had a few of his friends from preschool and playgroup over. We were a little shocked that the jumpy house didn't get used very much. Phedora and Kelsey were really the only ones in there for the most part. The boys pretty much just played in the dirt with the construction toys. Boys will be boys though. Us parents had a good time sitting around chatting and it was nice to meet all the dad's. I think Dan had a good time talking with them???? I hope he did at least. All in all it was a great party and the perfect amount of time. I was afraid that 2 hours wouldn't be long enough but it was. I'll tell you what I was ready for a nap though afterwards.

Tuesday, November 25

On Tuesday night, Dan's parents and Grandma Bev arrived. We were all very excited to see them. They ended up getting here at about 7 and the kids were more than happy to get to stay up. Dan stayed up visiting until we turned on Dancing with the Stars then he was off to bed. He doesn't like to watch so that's pretty much the norm for him. Plus he had to go into work the morning for a few hours to get the guys situated.

Wednesday, November 26

Happy 5th Birthday Hayden!
Hayden requested breakfast in bed for his birthday. He wanted pancakes with sausage, eggs and orange juice. He was really excited about it. So I got up early to make his breakfast. He likes his pancakes with the sausage sprinkled on top before the flip so that's what he got. I let the pancake mix sit a little too long though so they were really fluffy, but oh so yummy. He was already up so we sent him back to bed and I took him his breakfast. Then he came out to the table to actually eat. He ate it all and I was shocked, it was a lot of food! We spent the morning doing a little prep work for Thanksgiving and I made a pumpkin pie. Then we headed out to Makutu's Island to play. He loves going there. I was a little weary because he had been fighting off a cold and I didn't want him to get sicker but he had a lot of fun nonetheless. We just made sure to take lots of tissue with us. After Makutu's Island we went out to dinner at the Melting Pot. Both the kids had a great time dipping and cooking their own food. All was great until dessert came and Hayden just couldn't control himself. He ended up eating way too much way too fast and about half way through everything came back up. I felt so terrible for him. After we got him all cleaned up he said he was hungry. Poor guy. Dan and Tom brought him and Phedora home and gave him some turkey broth. Peg, Grandma and I headed out to get a few last items for Thanksgiving and to find a card table and chairs since we were short about 3 spots for dinner. Hayden has is check up on the 4th so I will post them how much he has grown in the last year. According to our bathroom scale he is already 50 pounds! He is a big boy.

Thursday, November 27

Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a full house and a lot of yummy food. We had 10 people including the kids. Dan's turkey was the best one yet and I swear he made a good 8 pounds of mashed potatoes and there were very few leftover :( A few weeks ago he made roasted mashed potatoes so he decided to make half roasted and half regular. He also made his green bean casserole. I made a pecan pie and the dressing. I found this yummy dressing recipe last year and just had to have it again this year. Peg took care of the salad and the cranberry sauce. I am still bummed out that I ate too much and didn't have any room for the salad. But I know it was also very yummy. While we were all cooking up a storm we did get to watch some football and we were all disappointed that our Seahawks lost again. I don't know whats going on this year but I can only hope next year will be better.

Friday, November 28

Tom, Peg and Grandma had to go home today. They left at about noon and we were all very sad to see them go. Time flew by and they were gone before we knew it. I am so thankful that they were able to come and enjoy Thanksgiving and Hayden's birthday with us though. We all wished they could have stayed longer. We spent the rest of the day just relaxing. It was really nice.

Saturday, November 29

We decided that the kids needed new clothes so we took them out shopping. We decided that we would get them new clothes for Christmas but wanted to have them with us since they are both so big. Phedora is in a 4T and Hayden is wearing sizes 6 and 7 boys! I am so thankful that we took them with us or we would probably be going back. As we were leaving the store we told them Merry Christmas. Hayden then asked us if we were going to wrap them up and put them under the tree for Christmas. We told him that we would if he wanted us to but that we were really just going to give them to them now since they both needed new clothes. Neither one of them have any winter clothes that fit. Yes I said winter, it does get cold here believe it or not! We ended up getting them both 3 pairs of pants and 4 or 5 new shirts. Hayden decided that he wanted to wear his new clothes that fit. Since he was afraid there would be nothing to open on Christmas we reminded him that Santa was coming and Nana and Grampee, Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie Kiki and Uncle John all had presents for him too. Then he was ok with getting our presents early. Both of them are loving their new clothes. Phedora picked out these brown cords with "diamonds" on the buttons and she wears them all the time. They are here "diamond pants" Hayden got a bunch of Tony Hawk stuff and he loves to wear his "Hawk clothes" They are too cute.

After shopping we went out to lunch at Mimi's Cafe and then came home for a nap. We were going to go see Madagascar 2 but Phedora was fitting over everything. So we opted to not go. While they were all sleeping Santa went out and got their presents. It was a great feeling to know that they were all done except for little stocking stuffers.

Sunday, November 29

I finished up all of my Christmas shopping today and boy did it feel good. I think that everyone is going to love their gifts this year. At least I hope so :)

Monday, December 1

Happy Holidays! The countdown is officially on here in the Posey house. Peg brought both of the kids an advent calendar and the kids and I made our own a while back. We made snowmen with cotton balls. I cut out snowmen and then glued contact paper onto the paper. Then all we had to do was pull it apart and attach the cotton balls to the sticky side. Easy and no mess. Then we made chains out of construction paper. They turned out really cute. I will have to take a picture of them.
This morning the kids and I headed out to Walmart to get some stuff to decorate with. We have a ton of lights so we bought some tinsel garlands and 4 lighted candy canes for the walkway. Then we came home and I cleaned out the garage. I had to go through and break down all the moving boxes. That was quite the chore it took me about 3 hours to do it. We have a ton of boxes. I hate to say though that we will still be in need of more boxes when we move. Its amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in a year. Dan is going to have to bring all of his stuff here from this job and store it. So our garage will only be clean for probably the next day or two.
Afterwards, we hung up some Christmas lights outside and put up a lighted candy cane walkway. Before bed they did their advent calendars and were all excited that they got train candy today. Now they are anxious to see what tomorrow's candy will be.

Now you are all up to date. I will post pictures and what nots soon. The change in the weather has taken its toll on me and I have been a little blah lately. So for now I hope you have enjoyed your walk through the last week and a half or so.