We went to the new City Creek center mall and had lunch. I told Steve he could buy me a present from Tiffany's :) Seriously I don't know what I would do with jewelry that cost more than my car.
Then on Wednesday we loaded up and went to Idaho for Thanksgiving. I don't take a lot of pictures at Thanksgiving--maybe because the idea of having pictures of me stuffing my face doesn't seem flattering . . . whatever the reason we had a wonderful time and I want to document a few things in writing. We had a wonderful time hanging out with family and Mimi was nice and did the girls hair really fancy for Thanksgiving and then permed Lila's again on Friday. Dad, Nessa, Steve and I braved the Walmart Black Friday crowd for a ripping good deal on some movies. Ellie worked on calendars for Mimi.
We had a stash of Hostess cupcakes and donuts we indulged on one day (now that they are out of business and you can no longer find their products). At lunch one day, I told the girls they could each have one powdered donut before lunch. Ellie gobbled hers up knowing it was a very rare occasion I let them have dessert first. Lila got distracted and then a few minutes later asked me where her donut was. I said, "You must have ate it." She told me she didn't and didn't know where it was. I said, "Well I'm sorry you can't have another one." Then she said, "Look at my face. Do you see any white on my face? I didn't have one." It took me a minute to process that she was pointing out that powdered donuts usually make a mess and her face was clean. She got a donut--good logic and using big girl words! She also very politely asked Uncle Nate to switch seats one morning when he sat in front of her blocking her view to the TV--love that we are using words and problem solving.
Santa was visiting the neighbors and was nice enough to stop by and say HI. Although Ellie didn't know what to tell him so now every day she reminds me we need to write a letter so he knows what she wants and Lila was super tired and wanted nothing to do with him (she did promise next year she won't be afraid).
On Saturday before we left we helped my Mom go through her holiday decorations in the storage room. We made her designate a DI box and had a garbage can close. We each took a few things and the girls got new Barbies that they just love. Now I just need to get my decorations switched to Christmas. :)
Side note: We try to do a prayer rotation because Lila always want to say the prayer so we thought an order would help--she would know who she came after etc. Well it worked for a while and then in turned back into her wanting to pray every time and crying if she didn't get to. Ellie all on her own created us a prayer jar. She taped a piece of construction paper together in a cylindrical shape and cute and taped a bottom on and then made us each two bookmark size slips of paper with our names on them, Dad Kendall Moore, Mom Ann Moore, Ellie Nicole Moore, and Lila Jane Moore. We draw every time we say a prayer seems to work well. What a creative problem solver, Ellie is.