Another one in the books

Another good Thanksgiving. Lynn picks the kids up on Wednesdays so I usually stay late at work to get stuff done. We got out of school this Wednesday at 1pm so I had extra time to get a ton done. I corrected 5 or 6 sets of papers, two exams, homework, quizzes, etc. I also got to plan out next week's lessons and make copies of stuff I need for Monday. I left around 7pm very satisfied!

On Thursday we all headed to my parent's house in Melrose for Thanksgiving dinner. I was going to take Kevin to my school's football game in the morning but Lynn thought it would be too cold for him (I also thought about going to my alma mater, BC High, for its game). Lynn said I could go by myself but the kids were too chaotic so I didn't go (I'm no fool).

We headed down to Melrose around 12:30 and stayed there until 7pm or so. It was a quiet crowd for dinner (6 adults) but more people showed up later in the day. I made cranberry fruit conserve and gingerbread cupcakes, both Ina Garten recipes. The cranberry fruit conserve was really good but the cupcakes were too dense (recipe called for a cup of molasses and that's all you could really taste). I threw most of the cupcakes away at the end of the evening.

Yesterday, as I always do, I went up to visit the Nelson Family in Brookfield, NH. I went to college with Bill and Andrew and we're also close to their parents Bill and Joan. Bill is Kevin's godfather and Andrew is Erin's. Before we went up though I took Erin for her 9 month check-up. As part of it she got her flu shot and some blood drawn - some tears and drama but all was well.

We got to the Nelson's around 1pm and I began feeding Erin right after that. However, after some milk and turkey she began throwing up...and up...and up...and up - 5 times total! I called the doctor and they said I should give her 1oz of plain pedialyte every fifteen minutes. Bill ran out to the store to get some but all they had was orange flavored. I gave her that...and she threw it all up. So Bill and Joan went out again to another store to get the plain variety - she took that with no problem. God bless Bill and Joan - they don't live near many stores and they drove all over to find it and they even paid for it. I owe them! It was nice to catch up with folks. Andrew came home from the seminary for the weekend, the local priest was visiting, as was Andrew's sister and niece from Vermont. Their niece is 8 years old so Kevin had a blast playing with her all day.

We headed back home around 7:30pm and were home by 9pm. Erin seemed better and both kids slept well past 7am today. Right now Lynn is putting the Christmas tree together and later we're going to Lowell for some annual events they have the Saturday after Thanksgiving, namely a parade. I also think I want to check out their hot chocolate competition. Not too sure what's on the docket for tomorrow, I need to find something fun to do.