We started off November at Disney World, not a bad place to be. After returning from Disney, we packed a lot of activities into the rest of November. We were booked every weekend.
Caden ran the Titan Trek 5k with his friend, James on a very chilly Saturday morning. He finished in 27:53 minutes with an average pace of 8:59 minutes/mile. Not bad at all for his first official 5k! We were so proud of him!
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| Pre-race |
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| Caden & James |
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| Crossing the finish line |
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| Recovering |
The following weekend, we traveled up to Chicago to visit Shannon and Josh. We fit tons of fun into our quick, overnight visit. After lunch at Shake Shack, we walked to Macy's to see the Christmas windows.
On the way back up Michigan Avenue, we stopped by the newly opened Dylan's Candy Bar. It was a madhouse in there! We stopped for a photo opp in front of this cool mural.
Can't resist a visit to The Lego Store.
After an Italian dinner at Francesca's, we caught most of the Christmas parade.
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| Waving to Santa |
After the parade, we stopped in at Bloomingdale's to see their gorgeous Christmas tree, and then we headed back to the hotel to veg out after a full day of walking.
The next morning, we met Shannon and Josh for a delicious breakfast at Sunny Side Up--cool old house with a fantastic menu.
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| Think there is enough sugar on those pancakes?! |
Before driving home, we stopped at the Museum of Science & Industry to check out the impressive Christmas trees from around the world. We also visited the weather exhibit, a favorite of ours. We were sad to go after such a fun visit. We're looking forward to visiting again!
We spent Thanksgiving in Rankin with Nana, Papa, Aunt Shannon, and Uncle Josh.
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| Cole prepping the green bean casserole |
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| Playing Don't Wake the Dragon |
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| Silly games while waiting for dinner |
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| Kieran claimed his spot at the head of the table. |
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| We were amazed that it only took one shot to get such a great family photo! |
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| Cole and Aunt Shannon relaxing |
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| Not letting Uncle Josh rest |
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| Cole LOVES pumpkin pie and whipped cream. |
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| Caden at the piano, of course |
The weekend following Thanksgiving, we visited the Festival of Trees.
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| The Avengers tree was a favorite. |
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| Annual Santa photo |
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| Giving their wishlists |
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| Riding in the caboose |
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| Gingerbread cookies for snack |
We closed out November by decorating for Christmas.
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| Not sure what was so funny, but I love this photo of our boys. |
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