Chili cook-off

The babies got up sometime before 5:00 so we fed them and then put them back to bed.  I also went back to bed, but Erin stayed up.  I woke up sometime after 6:00 when Calvin and Brayden woke up.

We went to Yankee Candle today to see all the decorations.  They have a big train that is set up around the top of the store and the boys really enjoyed watching it go around.  I think the Yankee Candle store in Williamsburg is the flagship store so it has a lot of extras that I'm sure other stores don't have.  They had Santa Claus at the store today and we were going to have the kids get their picture taken, but Brayden started getting fussy so we figured we wouldn't even try.

Carter and Aubrey were asleep when we got home so I just brought them up to their room and left them in the car seat carriers.  They woke up after about forty minutes so we gave them a bottle and changed them.  Then we put them in their swings to get them to sleep.  I had to go up to their room and give them a paci two or three times before they finally went to sleep.  We were able to do a little cleaning and watch a little TV when they napped.

After the kids woke up we gave them snacks and then played for a while.  Calvin and Brayden were stacking their blocks and then knocking them down.  We put Carter and Aubrey in their bouncers for a while.  They have something in common with Tigger...they love to bounce.

I brought the chili across the street for the party around 4:30 so they could get everything set up.  We then got everyone ready and headed over around 5:00.  Everyone was very well behaved tonight.  Calvin and Brayden played with some of the other kids and seemed to have a good time.  We were able to meet a few more neighbors which is nice since we don't get out much.  My chili didn't win, but there's always next year.  They actually had a trophy made so we'll be doing this each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

We brought the kids back home a little after 7:00 so they could get in bed.  We gave Carter and Aubrey a bottle, changed them and put them in bed.  Then we got Calvin and Brayden changed and put in bed.  After all the kids were in bed I headed back across the street to the party for a few hours.  Erin stayed home with the kids.  It was a really good day and I was quite pleased with how well behaved the kids were.