On Saturday we took down all the fall decorations in exchange for Christmas. Clara was going to attempt to put the star on. She wasn't able to get it to stay and neither could Dana, but I did! Brynn went to work and the rest of us went outside. Brynn got her tree up when she got home from work and wrapped the gifts she bought for Clara. Clara's friends came over on Sunday afternoon and they were having fun outside.
Our beautiful autumn weather came to an end on Tuesday. The girls had Wednesday off of school and Dana had taken the day off of work...so we could all clean. Ha. This year's incentivized cleaning list: Reagan was in town and stayed Tuesday night. She got up and joined in cleaning right away in an effort to claim the $50 prize money (sponsored by Dana's chainsaw business). ...which I'm happy to announce that she did! Congrats and thanks for all the help! It's officially Thanksgiving once the Chex Mix is done! Morning preparations. We don't have any cable access so we had the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on a loop from someone's crappy YouTube video while Brynn blasted her rap music for some motivation for us. Some of it was too profane for Clara so she went to her room for a bit until Dana coaxed her out and we turned on Jesus music instead. Getting Cleopatra ready! Brynn did an amazing job on the spread. I tried my hand at jalapeno poppers and Oliver gav...