Black Friday

I didn't go out to do any Doorbuster Black Friday shopping.  I only did it once a few years ago and it was so aweful that I don't want to do it again.

Aubrey woke up a few times last night.  She went to bed early so I wasn't surprised.  Erin ended up giving her a bottle around 10:30.  Carter woke up around 2:00 so I fed him and put him back to sleep.  Calvin and Brayden actually got up before Carter and Aubrey.  They got up right at 6:00.

After everyone was fed and changed we decided to go to the Virginia Living Museum.  Before we went there we stopped by Target.  We went to the one by Water Country since no one ever goes to that one.  There were actually a number of cars there, but not as many as I expected for Black Friday.  It may have been worse around midnight.  I was considering buying a dual 9" car headrest TV/dvd player.  It was a really good deal, but we probably won't need it for another year or so and I figured I can wait to see what deals are available when we will actually use it.

The kids had a really good time at the Virginia Living Museum.  We brought both side-by-side double strollers and took Carter and Aubrey out of their car seat carriers so that they could see more.  They really seemed to enjoy seeing everything as well.  It was a really nice day so we were able to head outside on the trail as well as seeing the indoor exhibits.  We let Calvin and Brayden get down and run around.  Sometimes it's a little hard keeping them corralled, but usually they stay together pretty well.

We put up the Christmas tree today.  I had only put up three ornaments so far and we had our first broken ornament.  Calvin decided to play with one and it fell and broke.  The boys really loved the tree.  They kept saying "Christmas tree" over and over.  I was able to plug the tree lights into the outlet that is connected to a light switch so it will be easy to turn the tree lights on and off.

Calvin and Brayden wanted leftover pumpkin cake tonight.  Except that Calvin didn't really want it.  He kept saying that he wanted a bite from "right there", but when I tried to give him some he would just shake his head and say "no".  After a while I gave up.  He got really upset about not getting what he wanted, but I didn't really know what he wanted so there wasn't much I could do.  It was quite amusing that he started screaming and then when he would stop Aubrey would scream back at him.

Carter may be sick.  He pooped about six times today and was fussy a lot.  He also had a little bit of a runny nose.  The poor thing just couldn't get comfortable.  Normally he is very happy to be by himself and crawl on the ground.  The only time he seemed happy is when he was held so we held him a lot tonight.  Perhaps he is just teething.  We'll see tomorrow.