Thanksgiving,Christmas and travels

I just read my last post. Yes, I laughed. I would be changing my background more. Hehe. Not at all. Well it is updated now for Christmas which is only a week away.
Our Thanksgiving was wonderful. It was so great having things normal with Jim here. We did the usual. He leaves for football and the kids and I watch the parade. Then we headed over to my parents house which was so fun. The kids played. There were lots of adults to visit with. At the end of the day Brayden started hanging out with my parents neighbor doing math. Yes you read that right. The boy LOVES learning. It is fun right now because he is learning to read.
The next day the craziness started. Mom and I did our annual black friday shopping. But with more of a mission. You see we are spending Christmas in Canada. Which means presents all had to be opened and done ahead of time. So the following weekend we did Christmas with my family, then all our Christmas parties. Oh yes and we spent an afternoon up in Portland with Jim's extended family which is one of those things. I love going. They are great people. But everytime we get together Jim's niece and the older cousin who is in 5th grade pick on Brayden. And when I say everytime this is everytime since he was two and they berated him for being a boy. Well this time we were in a 3 story house and you had to go to the basement and out to go outside. Well, the kids did and I watched from upstairs and Brayden and Cole. The only two boys were busy digging and having fun and who knew what the girls were doing. (Riley was in with me) Well, next thing I know the kids come running in and shut the bedroom door. Well, I went to open it and heard them say yay we locked him outside. Well, I of course knew who they were once again talking about. So, I flew down the stairs and found my sweet boy crying outside the door. Working so hard to get it opened. I opened the door and just hugged him so tight. He asked me why they did that. Was he just to slow. Oh my it was everything I could do not to just plummal those girls. I mean I get the whole kid thing and all that but seriously they crush him everytime. Jim's niece plays okay with Brayden when it is just them but she is mean to Riley then. So, Riley doesn't even like her.
Anyway, we haven't had to be around them again for sometime. I am glad. We have done the talking with the parents but that doesn't help. So, we think we may pull Jim's niece aside and tell her we know. Cause the rest of the day she was very quiet. She did hit her head but I also think it was the anticipation of what was to come. We will also keep the distance for awhile.
Which will be easy as we are heading to CANADA TODAY.
Yep we are packed and ready and just waiting until after basketball. We are so excited. Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, grandparents. So fun. Oh yeah and snow.
So, Merry Christmas to you all.