Turkey Week

We headed to Kentucky for Thanksgiving.  The trip started with a 10 hour drive to Lexington on Tuesday.  The kids were great in the car, watching movies, playing with wooden snakes, looking at books and magazines and gorging themselves on Cheetohs, peppermint oreos, lollipops and m&ms.  Graham's highlight was getting a glow wand and waving it in front of his face for about an hour and half.  Since it was dark so early in the trip, glow wands gave the kids something to play with that they could actually see.
We spent a night in Lexington, visiting Gramzie and Pop Pop, playing pirates, reading books and Graham discovering a little chair that he could climb up in and "work" like Pop Pop. 
Then we headed to Louisville, where we stormed into the Legels, happy to see everybody, but especially Max and Molly.  The kids instantly began running with their cousins, stuffing their faces at dinner and then heading back to the Fahey's where they all conked out for the night. 
Thanksgiving gave us a day at the races.  The kids loved having so many grandparents in one place, getting to see the horses and winning money.  Harper even picked a trifecta for Grandma that earned her $10 of her own and "an extra Christmas present".  Lucy was happy for the win, but since she takes Christmas presents very seriously, she was very jealous of Harper's moment.  Graham spent the time eating popcorn, hanging on Pops and finally conking out, an incredibly rare thing for Graham to do when out and about.
We then headed to Bon Bon and Grandpa's for dinner where we met up with Nanni and Pa, and Pop Pop and Gramzie joined us as well.  The kids ate and ate and then ate a whole lote more dessert.  We ended the night with fooseball, running nuts through the basement, a karaoke performance by the kids (where Harper inexplicable kept dropping her underpants) and Lauren doing a dolphin dance- to be seen later.
Friday was a day at Pops and Grandma's. The kids played and played some more and the girls had a sleepover that night.  Saturday they repeated at Bon Bon and Grandpa's where they also made beaded ornaments and played with the new puppy, before heading home on Sunday.  The trip home took 13 hours (ugh!) and the kids zoned out for 5 movies, endless amounts of candy and cookies and Graham crying- a lot. 
We were happy to be home, but the next day was back to school and work.  No rest, but a great long weekend!