A Kansas Thanksgiving

We decided to try our hand at driving to Kansas this year for Thanksgiving and we were pleasantly surprised at how well the kids did with the drive (especially Dex!)  We had made plans to stop in Oklahoma on the way there but when we reached Oklahoma in the early afternoon, the kids were so excited to see Nanny and Papa that they asked if we could drive straight through.  It was definitely a LONG trip, but so worth it so be able to spend more time with family in Kansas!

We unfortunately did not take a lot of pictures this trip, but we had a blast hanging out with all the cousins, having a wonderful Thanksgiving day meal (along with Black Friday shopping that Nanny and I now promise to never speak of again) and ending with a fun night going to a KU game!  So many fun memories made on this trip.  And now we know we can do that drive more often in the future!

(Nanny and I in line at Target on Black Friday.  We won't talk about what happened next...)

The third wheel

Poor Dex is constantly being dragged from game to game, practice to practice, activity to activity for one of his siblings.  I guess that's part of the deal when you're the 3rd kid. Being the youngest of 3, I remember many days on the sidelines of the soccer fields watching my brothers play and even working the concession stand with my mom.  Those were actually some of my favorite memories so even though I know it's exhausting for him, I hope one day he will look back on these days and smile.  Because I tell you what, he's got YEARS ahead of him of this!

Also, it goes without saying that he's usually the HIT of the game, no matter where we are.

I did finally sign us up for a class at The Little Gym which he absolutely ADORES and he does go to his little school on Mondays and Wednesdays so little by little, he's got his own thing going on too. :)