Busy weekend and Fantasy of Trees

Our Thanksgiving weekend ended up being packed with all kinds of fun things! It was quite unintentional but we filled up every bit of our 4 day weekend. On Friday, Drew, Anna Kate, and I picked up DotDot after breakfast and went to the Carter's sale in Turkey Creek.  The traffic was way down and we got in and out pretty quickly.  They made out like bandits and got lots of new, cute things. We hit Chick-fil-A for lunch and went to Aunt Ashley's house to visit after we finished shopping. We laugh because AK & D think Aunt Ashley lives at DotDot and Grandaddy's house (or the Convention Center... they said that was her house after we went to see her there for Tinsel & Treasure).  So, they got to see her real house. They also moved all of her stuff around and probably got ketchup all over everything. But they had fun doing it.  Friday was Uncle Aaron's birthday so after we went home and had naps, we went to Mamaw & Papaw's house for birthday dinner.  Megan was there also and you know how much they love Megan. 
We went to the UT football game on Saturday so Drew and Anna Kate stayed with DotDot and Grandaddy.  From what I hear, they napped most of the time.  They had been quite busy. Aunt Teresa mentioned that Drew and Anna Kate might enjoy the Fantasy of Trees since they have been enjoying seeing all of the "Chrisom" lights so we decided at last minute to go there after Mamaw Katherine and I got done at a baby shower on Saturday afternoon.  It was kind of late when we got over there but they had a great time.  The crowd wasn't bad and they really enjoyed looking at all of the pretty trees.  They also really liked riding the carousel.  On Sunday we had lunch at Mamaw & Papaw's house and ended our super busy weekend with Ty's birthday party. Anna Kate and Drew really seemed to enjoy themselves during all of our fun activities this weekend but it may take them a week to catch up on their rest!

 Of course, they really wanted to touch everything. Their Daddy and I held our breath the entire time hoping they didn't knock a tree over!

 So excited! She had to get her hair out of her eyes so she could take it all in.

 Checking out the baby dolls.  It blinked it's eyes, drank a bottle, and cried.  Drew's sweet little self started patting her when she started crying.  Anna Kate wasn't real sure what to think about her.

 Petting the "moo-cows".

 Little stinkers are intentionally uncooperative for me!  They would pose and smile so nicely for Aunt Teresa.  There were some ladies that even stopped and laughed at how rotten they were being.

 Anna Kate wasn't so sure about the carousel the first time but absolutely loved it the second time. She didn't want to get off and had a toddler melt down when I made her.

 He really loved it to. I'm not sure what the serious look was about. He kept looking up to study how the gears were working to make the horses go up and down.

 In reference to the aforementioned toddler fit, we got cookies as a consolation prize.  She stopped and posed very sweetly with her cookie in front of this pretty pink tree when her Aunt Teresa requested to get her picture. I got my camera out and got this. And then she took off.

Enjoying his cookie too!

On the way to the car. Drew was completely wound up so I'm not real sure why he laid over like he was sleepy when I said they were snug as bugs. Silly goose! He chattered the entire way home and every time we drove up on lights of any sort (Christmas lights, street lights, lights on a restaurant), he would scream, "I SEE CHRISOM LIGHTS!".