The month started with Adia's best friend's birthday party. The twins bowled too. Mira lost interest (hello getting sick), but Adia and Leia liked it.
The twins and I had quite a few days just the three of us. They still get confused by Adia being in school all day, but they enjoy picking her up because they get to hang out with Mr. S. He's in the same class with Adia this year.
We also discovered that the twins like tea. They're really their daddy's daughters.
Then came basketball. We had basketball practice twice a week and games on the weekend. Adia loves basketball and it's a good thing since she's a kick butt shooter. We just need to work on dribbling (which she's gotten so much better at) and defense. She's just not aggressive enough with kids she doesn't know. She did make a basket in one of the games she played. So proud of her.
And then the sick returned. Adia ran a fever all weekend and was wiped out. Coughing, sore throat, exhaustion. I felt so bad for her.
And in true Adia fashion, she was running full tilt on recess and smacked directly into a classmate. She had to find one of the biggest boys in her class who's built like a brick. I got a call just before pick up that Adia was in the office and had had an accident at recess. Her forehead was bleeding and they weren't having much luck getting it to stop. I picked her up and debated taking her for stitches. Luckily, after she was all cleaned up, we discovered it was more of a scrape than a gash/cut. Stitches wouldn't do any good. I bandaged her up and said a little prayer that she was ok and so were her glasses. I don't think her eye doctor would have appreciated replacing 2 pairs of glasses in 2 months. My little tough cookie bounced right back and was ready for basketball practice that night (along with team pictures). I predict she'll have a scar from it, but that's because she's really bad about picking scabs. Otherwise, it's completely healed already.
To add insult to injury, it was just a couple days before Thanksgiving! Adia was in charge of the pumpkin pies. She did an awesome job.
Thanksgiving morning brought the Turkey Stuffer 5K. I'm not sure what I was thinking. It was freezing cold, way too early and I'm completely out of shape. Adia, however, has been running around like a maniac thanks to basketball so she had more than enough energy. I spent most of the 5K chasing her. On the plus side, we finished in 48min. That's a record for us, but for the next 2 days, I could barely move or walk.
When we got back home, Adia curled up with Papa. She was exhausted and still recovering from the sick.
Thanksgiving dinner was delicious. Somehow everything ended up being ready about the same time. We all ate too much and the girls were so very happy to have their GiGi and Unky Eck with them this year. The next day we went and saw Frozen. The girls loved it. I have the songs stuck in my head and it was enjoyable, but I like Tangled more.
