2023 :: week 45

November 5

Lauren has been hard at work making Christmas gifts for family and friends. She finished up the green and white scarf after church and then got to work on the blue scarf. This is how much she knitted before we left to go to my parents house for dinner! 

November 6

Lauren really wanted to decorate for Thanksgiving, which we did Sunday afternoon. Miles was delighted to see the all the lollipops in the turkey, never mind the fact that I took most of them out of his bag of Halloween candy.

November 7

Lauren and Daphne have been spending time with Miles and Gabriel and their buddies at the park after school lately. All of the preschoolers enjoy the older girls' attention, especially Eleanor. The parents love it too, because the kids are in good hands with the veteran big sisters. 

November 8

I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the Taylor Swift / Travis Kelce romance. People of Kansas City are basking in the reflective glory of being part of this national story. Within DAYS of Taylor Swift first attending a Chiefs game (9/24) Hy-Vee and Etsy had many t-shirt option available for purchase. Talk about fast fashion! When Will and I were doing the NYT mini cross-word, one of the answers was "KELCE." We are fans of both Taylor and Travis so we are enjoying the moment. They're everywhere! It is kind of fun, but this level of obsession makes me a little apprehensive for the fallout.

November 9

Back in July Anthony promised Elliott monkey poo (no bake cookies) if he spoke in church with him when an assignment came up last minute. Elliott would occasionally bring it up, but often at a time when making it wasn't feasible. On Sunday we scheduled to make it Thursday evening. Elliott even wrote it on my weekly planner. After dinner while everyone watched the first two episodes of "The Santa Clauses" on Disney+, Anthony delivered on his promise and Elliott finally got his monkey poo. 

November 10

Miles is at an age where he really wants to "help" all the time. For the past few years it has been Elliott's job to put away the silverware, but Miles has decided it is his job now. 

November 11

On Saturday evening Anthony and I got together with Anthony's fellow psychometricians and their wives for dinner and games. Each couple contributed to the meal. Neil made delicious focaccia pizza, James brought salad and we brought Finnish blueberry pie. After dinner we played Monikers, a fun game that we had played different iterations of in the past. I took this photo while Anthony was in the middle of his "charades" round.