Happy Thanksgiving!

 Claire

She always asks daddy to make a fire in our fireplace and likes to sit in front of it watching the flames for a while with Shay. We only had to tell them once not to touch because it's hot, and not to throw anything in because that's daddy's job. We had an interesting Thanksgiving because Claire was just getting over being sick, Shay was starting to get sick, and I had a stomach bug the two days before so I was nervous about eating anything. Claire helped me make rolls while Chris went to work out, and Shay helped with making sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Once Chris got home he did the potatoes and gravy while the ham was cooking and we were going to sit down as a family to eat, but Shay was asleep on the couch. Claire didn't stay at the table very long and I had a very small portion so it was a little sad, but we did talk about what we were grateful for during the 2 minutes Claire joined us. Then, of course, we decorated for Christmas on Friday! 

Shay

She caught Claire's sickness last week and has been napping every day because she wakes up coughing at night. We've been giving her medicine and babying her, but she still has the energy to play and be excited about life. Before she showed symptoms, she came to work with me at the gym and likes to play for the first 2 hours but after doing everything there she asks to go home. I wish our tablet still worked and I could distract her because most of my shifts are 4 hours and having her complain about being there is not very fun for me. We have them do exercise with YouTube videos for part of the time and they all love it, and there should be enough toys, crafts, and friends to play with. Hopefully, she'll get more used to being there because we now get to go a lot more often. I did notice that she doesn't ask to leave the house for shopping or to the library because we go to my job for so long, so that was interesting.