Thanksgiving holiday

 We stayed in town this holiday. We stayed home (well, except for the Wal-Mart run) this year as well. We ate at our own house this Thanksgiving. It has been a long time since we spent turkey day with just our tiny family. It was a fabulous day. We did miss our families, but we found joy in our situation this year.
Dan got on the roof to put up holiday lights. I know it is early, but since we will be gone for the end of the holiday season I wanted to get a jump on it. Ryan snuck on the roof and got put in roof time out until Dan could supervise him down to the front of the house.

 Our yummy dinner. When we went to set the table Alex asked if he should get out the china. To tell you the truth, I didn't plan Thanksgiving very well this year. I didn't even shop for it until the last minute. (Next year I will not buy the turkey the day before!) No china, no full length table cloth. No one showered (and a couple were in their pj's).

 But we did have each other and a delicious meal otherwise.

After our turkey lunch the boys went back up to finish the lights. After Dan got all the lights turned on, a fuse blew. He had to change those tiny fuses at the top of a TALL ladder that was shifting in the crooked side yard. An extra extension cord fixed the problem.

 Our neighbors also stayed home this year. The kids went and played in the evening over there. We women made pies and shared them. Yum!

 Something I had planned to do was build a puzzle. We started it after our pancake dinner (thanks Dan for cooking). We didn't finish until the next day. But we all worked together; a fun, simple activity!

 Here is Dan and Alex putting away the dishes. A clean kitchen at the end of the day... awesome.

 Now we hit the highlight of the weekend. A new science museum opened in downtown Dallas. IT IS AMAZING! We are members and good thing too because it is entirely too huge and fantastic of a place to see in one visit. I didn't get any pictures from the other 4 floors, but these shots are from the children's museum.

 The kids were happy to play in this one tiny section for an hour.

 Alex was heading up the construction crew.

This is a beautiful building and a fabulous experience. I can't wait to go back... by myself!