So I am very,very, very thankful for honest-to-goodness quality time with my husband and babies. (Thank you, Lord.)
I am also very thankful that my brother Rashad is still alive to celebrate Thanksgiving (and Christmas and many holidays to come) with us. (Yessss, Lord! Thank you!)
Other things I am thankful for:
Cary and Dean's inaugural trip to the grocery store!
Yes, it took us 18-months to get these boys out to experience the magical world of the grocery store. It was always too hard with two infants, and then when they were new, unsure walkers, it wasn't any easier. Now that they're much more confident walkers, eliminating the need for a stroller and a cart, Lester felt like he could handle a trip to the store with them. In his report back he said the trip was..."fine." Not a ringing endorsement, but certainly not a total mess.He said the babies sat in the car above for all of 10 minutes, and then they were done. They wanted to run around or be in the cart. They screamed because they saw cheese. They screamed because they saw milk. To keep them from totally losing it, Lester had to give them stolen contraband (string cheese -- which he did pay for, eventually.)
Note to Davis parents: Next time feed boys before going to grocery store and/or bring snacks.
I am also grateful for this video (shortened) of my boys, my Dad, my brother and my husband raking the leaves at my parents' house.
Things to note:
1. My brother!! Operating a leaf-blower!!! Alive! Well! Dressed like a homeless person! But here, with us, participating in family events just like old times! Praises and honor and glory to God!!
2. Dean "helping" put leaves in a trash bag.
3. Cary "raking" the leaves with a stick, and totally getting in my Dad's way.
4. Family togetherness that is worth more than anything.
(To keep this blog honest, I was going to add a section about all the things I'm NOT thankful for. Mostly family annoyances and growing pains-type-stuff. But you know what? I think I'll just leave this the way it is.)
4 comments:
18 months to the grocery store?!? That dumbfounds me! I get the reasons, but still!
You crack me up calling the not-yet-paid-for food Lester gave the boys stolen contraband. And if that is the case I give my girls stolen contraband (i.e. honeybuns, grapes, plums, peaches, strawberries, crackers the list could go on and on) in the grocery store/Sams all the time. Call me crazy it has never occurred to me to pack snacks when you are going to a place filled with snacks. Just don't forget to pay for it before you hit the exit. It works for me :-)
I do the contraband all the time, too. I won't let them eat fruit, 'cause that gets weighed. But string cheese, individual milk cartons, muffins, pop-tarts--whatever it takes! I'm mostly impressed that Lester took them on their first grocery store trip by himself! I pretty much don't let Ed do the grocery shopping, but Good Lord, he would NEVER take both boys with him! Lester rocks! Yes--you have much to be thankful for. And I'm beyond thrilled that Rashad is doing so well.
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18 months before going to the grocery store??
You're freaking me out here -- now I'm wondering how I will ever pop into a grocery store once I have twin babies and a 2 year old. (cue the hyperventilating...)
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