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We had a wonderful time last night at Jeremy's parents house. We had a delicious meal and the kids had fun playing. Sam and Emma ate good but Chloe slept through her first Thanksgiving meal. She woke up right when we were finishing up eating. She ate a little turkey, dressing and some sweet potatoes. She was pretty clingy the first few hours we were there but she warmed up and loved having her Uncle Jacob hold her. I put the girls to bed at about 8:30 and they went down without any problems. About midnight Emma decided that she was no longer happy sleeping at Gran and Papa's house. She woke up whining and screaming "bed, bed". She wanted to sleep in her own bed. It is hard to convince a two year old that that is not going to happen. We gave her a drink. We took her potty. We tried everything to get her mind off of being upset and to back to sleep. She was in the bed with us and Jeremy was holding her but she still continued to scream. We were all getting so hot trying to calm her down. We finally opened a window and she cooled down and finally went to sleep.  This went on until 2:30 this morning. We all slept until about 8. We then got up and ate breakfast and Jeremy and I braved the crowds at the stores. We went to Target, Toys R Us, and Wal-Mart. We got the kids a dual DVD player for the van. That was kinda a big gift for all three kids. We then had some Toys R Us gift cards that we used to get each kid two more gifts. We ended up only spending $7.00 on their gifts. We still need to get Sam another gift because we could not find what he wants today. Well the kids are getting hungry. We are planning on putting up our Christmas tree tonight. I guess I will see how it goes and if it gets to be too much temptation for the kids I may just take it back down. I also have a mound of laundry to put away. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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