Lazy Saturday

Yesterday we helped the Robinson cousins with some tree trimming and cookie baking and then went out to dinner for some delicious Indian food. 

Thanksgiving 2014

Great food and great company! Still recovering this morning LOL. Boatload of pictures below -- happy Thanksgiving everyone!

It's a Bird, it's a Plane....

It's Caroline! For some reason she was pretending to fly this morning when I dropped her off at school ;)

Kid Free Weekend / Dueling Dinners

Joel and I arranged for babysitter extraordinaire Sharon to watch the kids from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning. We stayed in town and enjoyed a day of shopping at the outlets on Saturday and "dueling dinners" -- we ate dinner Friday and Saturday nights at the restaurants widely believed to be the two best in Charlotte, Barrington's and Fig Tree. Both dinners were delicious. Joel says he liked Barrington's better, and I am having a tough time deciding. I had a delicious fish special at Barrington's and Elk chops at Fig Tree that were just as good. I will say that I think I enjoyed the salad and the sides that accompanied the Barrington's entree better.  Both restaurants has great wine lists as well. I would happily return to either one the next time we have a special occasion. 

Bedtime Stories

Rainy Monday

Had a good and productive weekend -- hair cuts for Joel and Ben, Costco, grocery shopping, lots of laundry, dance class, Hebrew school, a movie and dinner Saturday night (took the kids to see Big Hero 6 which we all enjoyed), and a visit from Papa yesterday afternoon. Today is cold, gray and rainy. Caroline was swallowed by the umbrella on the way into school this morning -- and I couldn't help but laugh when she innocently asked me , "Mommy would you like to get under the umbrella with me?"

TGIF / Friday Update

Retrieved Ben and a pile of stinky laundry a little while ago from the 5th grade camping trip to Camp Thunderbird, where he had been since Wednesday morning. He pronounced the trip, which included rock-wall climbing, zip lining, a dance, and candle-making among other activities, to have been "awesome".

Also got the results of Caroline's blood work from last week, which was not as encouraging as hoped-- her antibody levels which had been at 19 last time, are now at 33. Wrong direction :( Clinically she seems fine though and is growing and not having diarrhea / complaining of any stomach issues. So we aren't sure if she got some accidental exposure recently (at Disney perhaps since we ate out a lot), or what. Despite the doctor's assessment last week that she doesn't need to be seen for a year, I think we are going to bring her back again in 6 months to check the labs again, and concentrate on making sure we keep her cross-contamination risk at home as low as possible.