Ware Thanksgiving

We spend every Thanksgiving with the Wares (and the Lancaster's for Christmas). We had a blast in Kings Mountain. Mary Lou always has fun activities planned for our time there. We arrived Tuesday night. We surprised them by getting their a day early (don't worry we called a day before we came). Wednesday we went to the church to play ball in the gym.The Kings Mountain library has a great children's department. Mary Lou always checks out a bunch of toys for Harper. This time she got the farm, some play dishes, all of the music instruments, a bowling set and some giant books. Harper had a great time playing with everything-especially the instuments. We started Thanksgiving with a big breakfast where we got to meet Meredith's new boyfriend, Trent. Of course with all of the family there, Harper wanted everyone to play an instrument. We make pretty good music!

Harper helping Grandma cook some of Thanksgiving lunch

We headed out for a walk to make sure that we would have room for Thanksgiving lunch at Barbara's new house. We had a wonderful meal with all of the Thanksgiving fixings. After lunch we went for a really long walk around Cramerton. Harper fell asleep in his stroller which was great! Of course the instruments were brought to Barbara's. Everyone was involved in the "band." Some even joined the marching band.Friday we headed to the Lazy 5 Ranch. It deserves a post all of its own-coming soon. Friday night, we drove through Mid-pines in Kings Mountain to check out all of the Christmas lights. They have a Santa handing out candy canes-Harper freaked out. I guess there won't be any Santa pictures this year!

Saturday was the free movie at the Joy Theater in Kings Mountain. They were showing Polar Express. Harper didn't make it very long during the movie, so Mary Lou took him outside to play. Then she watched Harper while Allen and I went to eat lunch and watch the UNC football game with some friends. We did some Christmas shopping for Harper on the way home! Then it was time for our free haircuts from Meredith. We were all struggling!

Thanks for a great Thanksgiving week Ware family!

FYI-Still doing great without the pacifier-it has been over a week. Not sure if it is because of the pacifier or being around grandma, but Harper's vocabulary has about doubled this past week. He will repeat words after you. He is just growing up so fast!