The long weekend...

This weekend proved to be a nice, long, relaxing weekend due to the fact that we were pretty much done with our decorating! That's right, while all of you were out there dragging up your trees and decking the halls with boughs of holly, we were left with the task of hanging wreaths on the windows and sitting on our butts. Well, not entirely true. Thursday was Thanksgiving (aka my birthday.) It was spent by running a 5k (to ensure I could properly gorge myself,) stuffing myself full of turducken (never heard of it? well, it's a Lubore family favorite and consists of a duck inside a chicken inside a turkey. Genius, right?) And lastly, hitting up good ol' Clyde's in Ashburn for some post-feast drinks which turned out to be pretty dead. Apparently people in Ashburn are really hit hard by the tryptophan. Here's some proof that we potentially ate way too much. Ethan was warned by my brother (Uncle Mike) that too much food can cause a "Turkey Belly," and so it did...

Friday we wanted to enjoy the warm weather and hit up some sales but our crabby children foiled that plan. Everett decided to throw an hour long tantrum, complete with face on the floor and eardrum-shattering screaming. We retreated to Purcellville in hopes that the fresh country air would clear up whatever was ailing him. It only partially worked. We threw him in his crib and left him to rot, er, rest.

Saturday I began my Christmas buying. After I got back, Josh decided that he needed to match my purchase power by buying yet another wreath, only this time one 4 times the strength of a regular wreath. I awoke Sunday morning to realize that Josh was not up strictly watching the Notre Dame game. Apparently the extra drinks went straight to his head and he decided to add a little ooomph to our family room. Here is what I call "drunken decorating:"

Not only was I not pleased with the use of colored lights (I'm sticking with white due to the classiness, not because I'm a racist as Josh would like you to believe) but the carelessness of his decorating was just offensive. Not to be outdone, Ethan (who has now become afflicted with an ear infection) decided that the newly wrapped presents under the tree were for him and that today must be his birthday. Here is how to really piss off Josh:

Some might find this funny or cute, but Josh was not amused. As you can see, Ethan looks pretty ashamed of himself. Ethan didn't speak to us for about 20 minutes out of embarrassment (we're not sure if that was really a punishment or not.)

All in all, the house is pretty much finished (although Josh is trying to convince me that our house is not quite bright enough and needs a spotlight.) Of course there are a few tweaks that will need to be made and there is a bunch of wrapping that needs to be done. Everything will need to be finalized before the 10th for our holiday party. If your reading this and haven't received an invite yet, it's probably in the mail...