Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a fun Thanksgiving weekend. On Friday, we lazed around for most of the day, then went shopping at night. I got some great Black Friday deals, including some clothes and boots for me, and Kate's Christmas dress. We also took her to see Santa... oh, boy. She's been talking about Santa non-stop (she calls him Anta); whenever she hears Christmas music, she yells out "Anta!" and she knows he says "ho, ho, ho." So we thought we'd be set to take her to see Santa. She was perfectly happy when we were waiting in line (luckily there wasn't much of one) but as soon as we got up to Santa, she freaked out. The only way I could get her to calm down was be holding her and just telling him what she wants for Christmas. A picture was out of the question! Of course, as we left, she waved to him and called out "bye!" Go figure.

Then on Saturday we went to this holiday open house thing downtown. We ate at our favorite restaurant (Frida's) and then went to the Overture Center for the kids' program. It was cute, but I thought it would have been holiday-themed, seeing as it was the holiday open house. Oh well. Then we were going to do the free trolley ride, but it was getting close to Kate's naptime, so we decided to just head home instead.


Her shirt even says "I Love Santa" Hmm, obviously not


In her new dress from Nana




"I've got my coat; I'm ready to go!"


A funny... smile? Not quite sure what that is.


"I'm gated in... and terrified!"