This time of year marks the beginning of our traditional holidays, but it also is the time of year when all four of the Keels celebrate our birthdays. John David started us off this year with his first birthday–giraffe themed! He dug in to his cake, opened gifts for the first time, and enjoyed playing ball with all of his friends.
The next week (this past week) was Thanksgiving, when we traveled to Winston-Salem to eat turkey with all of the trimmings and way too many desserts. My sister, Bethany, and our cousin Marisa went with me to WalMart at midnight to get some of their Black Friday deals. This was only the second time I had played the crazy shopper game, and it was so much fun. I purchased number seven of only seven Barbie jeeps for a great price, and I got my new favorite appliance–a steam mop–originally $56, purchased for $36! We were back at Bethany’s by 1:00 a.m., so for the short amount of time we spent shopping, we did pretty well. (By the way, after getting home and looking at the Jeep, we realized that it would be a little small for our girl, so we took it back and improvised…details coming at Christmas!)
This coming Wednesday is Calli’s fourth birthday, and we have been planning a Fancy Nancy “soiree” for months now! She fell in love (as did I) with the lovable storybook character when we read her first book, and we have not been able to leave the library once since then without at least one Fancy Nancy book in our bag. So, fancy Calli will be having her very own get-together with her dearest girl friends this Saturday. No boys were invited, not because we didn’t want boys there, but because we thought they would probably rather be anywhere else than at a pink and purple (fuchsia) party with boas, wings, tutus, pinkies up, and all the rest!
She’s actually having her party on my birthday, and Michael’s is the following day. I suppose we will combine our celebrations and eat leftover Nancy cake rather than have three separate cakes! After that, we have our anniversary, all of the other festivities that December brings, and Christmas itself! At this rate, we’ll be flat broke and overweight by January!
