Tura Lura Lura

Last night, Aunt Z told me about a time several years ago that she sang a lullaby to my girls. As she sang "Tura lura lura, Tura lura, lural," the girls asked her, "What about Karen?" So, she sang "Tura kara Karen, Tura kara Karen." Of course, when Z told me this last night, we had to look up what "Tura lura lura" meant. Since it's just random rhyming syllables, we decided that "Tura kara Karen" is an appropriate change. 

David in his element:

Sitting on the counter at Grammy's house with a big bag of cheezits while Mommy, Aunt Z, and Grammy all work around him and Grandad makes faces at him from the doorway.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thursday, the Hardins, Adairs, and Sunny came to our house. The kids charmed all of their relatives and we all ate way too much. Unfortunately, the only pictures I have are of food because no one took any pictures of people. (But notice Keith's swan/duck apples.)

Friday, Uncle Chris and Aunt Brenda came for lunch, and then we ended up at the Hardin house in the evening. The kids didn't seem to overload on aunts and uncles, so that's good. Chris, Keith, and I have started a campaign to get Brenda to want to "retire" here in NWA, and I played the strongest card: nieces and nephew. We went to the Jones Center playground to take family pictures, then ended up at Chris's favorite restaurant: AQ. 

At the Hardin house, Uncle Paul caught Karen sucking her thumb, so he told her that his thumb tasted better. He spent maybe five minutes trying to convince her that she needed to try his thumb to see just how good it was. She finally came and put his thumb in her mouth!! And immediately bit him. Then, Aunt Zina said hers tasted better, so Karen tried it. In the end, Karen decided that Zina's and Karen's tasted the best, but not Paul's. Eww.

Maybe, Saturday, we'll sleep in and take long naps and just rest. Somehow, though, I suspect that won't happen.

Piggy Back Races

Grammy and Zina taught Laura and Karen how to make reindeer cookies!

Camels and Eagles, oh my!

Laura and Aunt Zina went on a camel ride.

Then, we walked around Fayetteville Square, looking at the Lights of the Ozarks.

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Then, we went to an FCS Basketball game, where Laura tried to do all the cheers Aunt Zina did.