Nothing says the holidays like vomiting, and so I spent all night Thanksgiving night into Friday morning throwing up everything I had eaten and then some. It will be some time before I can eat smoked turkey again. Other than that, we really did have a great Thanksgiving. A very special thank you to my family for all the help they gave Kevin whilst I was incapacitated.
We flew to Houston midday Thursday and had dinner at Leslie and Stanley's house with my parents, Adams and his ladyfriend Ashley. I can't tell you much about Friday other than that David went to the zoo with his dad, his grandparents and Aunt Leslie. Saturday he returned to his favorite park in Texas to run up ramps and feed ducks, and Sunday was a day of rest and football before flying home to a cold and snowy Chicago after a much shorter than we expected flight delay. Overall, David's weekend highlights included knocking over towers of blocks onto the tile floor and terrifying Apollo, beating everything in sight with Uncle Stanley's drumsticks (including Uncle Stanley) and walking around with a plastic box over his head.
Pre-flight yardwork with Dad. At the Houston zoo. The plastic box.
At the park in Katy.
Drumsticks: they're not just for hitting drums any more.
Last night. 11:00pm. Mom and Dad's bedroom. After a 2 hour nap on the flight and armed with his toothbrush and my hairbrush, David is ready to go.
In closing I would like to say that it is cold, and there is snow. This is only the very beginning. blurg.
2 comments:
Stanley and I are proud of ourselves. We were able to post a comment before the SC parental units.
You are more than welcome to come back to Texas at any time. I don't know that snow is ever really in our forecast, and Stanley can buy protective car to handle the drumstick beatings.
It seems the rest of us avoided Mara's malady and were able to put on the obligatory T'giving pounds!
Sorry we missed the drums!
It was fun being together, meeting Ashley, and playing with David! Next time, we can try family fun without the virus!
XXXOOO
SC GM
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