Turkey Day 2016

Good morning everyone. I need to jet through this post as quickly as possible. I've got way too much to do today. Thanksgiving week was pretty busy. Mia had a short two-day week that finished with a fun pajama day. Wednesday, we spent the day together. Just Mia and I. First thing Mia wanted to do was wander around the mall. WHY. So we went to Mayfair. Later, we donated some food to the Feeding America people at Pick n Save and who was there collecting the goods? None other than Rosco, the dog mascot from the Milwaukee Admirals. Mia got a picture from him and thought he was pretty cool. Later, we came back home. Mia was playing around with my drums. I taught her how to keep a straight beat with the floor tom and snare, playing "We Will Rock You" by Queen. Her friend Olivia messaged Mia and the girls hung out at Olivia's house. Mia played for a while before we had to go, have dinner with Jill and go see Moana.

The movie was absolutely incredible. We've been looking forward to it for a long time. The art, the story, the music score, the characters all were perfect. Thursday morning, I went to work the early shift. After that nightmare was over, we went to my parents house for Thanksgiving. My half-bro drove in from Michigan to surprise my Dad (to celebrate his bday) Dinner was great and the next day, I had to work again 6am-2pm and we did round two Thanksgiving at my in-laws. Another fun time that ended with some games. Mia didn't like not "doing well" at Uno and probably was too tired (Jill said she woke up way too early that morning). Saturday, we set up the old tree (which the cat later knocked down and broke some ornaments) while watching the Chelsea game. Great win 2-1 for the Blues. Love when they beat a rival club. Jill had drove down to Illinois for lunch with some friends that were in town so it was just Mia and I. We met up again with Olivia and hung out at the park. My friend Nichole and her boy came out to play as well.

Sunday, we went out and got a new tree. Our old one had seen better days and we needed a replacement. It took some time, but we settled on one. We did some birthday party shopping for two back-to-back parties in the next coming weeks as well as getting some gifts for my nephew, Alex.

This week, I'm working on Mia's extra special Christmas present from both Jill and I. It's going to take a ton of work. Mia's got her friend Noelle's party this weekend. Easily, the closest we've ever had to travel for a birthday party. Mia may walk there actually. That's all for now, thanks for reading!