Thanksgiving

Sorry for the long delay in posting - it's been a very interesting few weeks! On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Kiki woke up with some intense pain on her lower right side - it turned out to be appendicitis. So, Kiki was in the hospital on Sunday night after surgery and thankfully YiaYia and Papou came and watched the kids. It was crazy! She was released on Monday afternoon and by Tuesday afternoon the Malarsky family was loaded in the car and on the way to Cincinnati.

We spent Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday, and Thursday in Cincinnati. We had a great time! It was so much fun to catch up with the family, including Vijay and Connie (and Soleil).

Also, Nate got to have a lot of fun helping to make cornbread casserole with Grandi and he made placecards for everyone involving an outline of his hand made to look like a turkey and some fun felt stickers.

n Friday morning we left Cincinnati and drove up to Crown Point (via Indianapolis for a quick bottle for Ms. Kaitlin). We had the big family party on Friday night, which involved all of the usual suspects. It was a lot of fun and Nate determined that he loves sweet potatoes and turkey!

On Saturday, we drove to downtown Crown Point and got to watch Santa fly in on a helicopter and then ride on a fire engine downtown. Nate was able to sit in the fire truck - it totally made his day (way more than meeting Santa).

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing (including a several hour long Monopoly game). It was a fun and busy weekend!