Thanksgiving

It was great having a break this week and getting to spend a lot of time together as a family. We tried to spend as much time as we could outside before the snow came because Joslyn can't really play on the playground while it's covered with snow. On one of the playgrounds, there are some tunnels to play in, and I just thought it was so cute when Joslyn would poke her face in one of the holes and yell 'hi!' as loud as she could.

For Thanksgiving we were able to go down to Rochester and visit family there. There were lots of other kids there that were Joslyn's age, and she had a blast running around with them. Dinner was great. There were three different turkeys, all cooked differently. I really liked the smoked turkey. Kim's favorite part of the meal was the mashed potatoes. It was really a lot of fun talking with and getting to know the family. Kim spent some good quality time with cousins looking through Black Friday ads after dinner.
Also on Thursday, we got our first real snow fall of the year. Joslyn was too young to play in or remember any of the snow we got in Utah last year, so this was her first time playing in the snow, and she loved it! She just ran around and brushed the snow off of all the playground toys. Later the snow got pretty deep so she had a hard time walking in it, but she loved looking at it and watching in fall.

Friday morning we got up and went shopping. We didn't go super early, it was like 8:30 when we got to Walmart. But when we got there, there was like nobody there. I guess all the big sales that started Thursday night were all sold out, so we didn't have to deal with big crowds while we looked at the things we wanted.
Later that afternoon, we went to the Mall of America to do some shopping. It was pretty crazy how many people were there, and how difficult it was to find parking. I think we must have missed this store last time we went to the mall, because we didn't see this before, but in the store Creative Kids Stuff they have a cool play cave for your kids to play in while you shop in their store! Joslyn spent a lot of time playing the baby grand piano they had in there. It was like her favorite toy ever.