365: Day 334- In Lieu of Thanksgiving

12/1/13: Julia was able to babysit this afternoon so that we could go to the hospital together to visit Derek's mom. I stopped by lab with food and work clothes for the week, and I also dropped off an early holiday gift for everyone. I hope they love it!

We were happy to hang out with Derek's parents at the hospital this afternoon and watch the Patriots game. Joanne was in better spirits and we're hoping to get more information about what's going on tomorrow.

Today was supposed to be Thanksgiving with Derek's family. We had considered making an abbreviated meal just for us, but we ultimately threw in the towel and decided to just skip Thanksgiving this year. We all put on our pj's when we got home, ordered pizza, and decorated the Christmas tree. Derek and I enjoyed the Thanksgiving bottle of wine I had bought, and the kids got juice boxes as a special treat with their pizza.

Silas has been asking to put up the tree all weekend, so as soon as we were done eating we got to work.

Decorating this year required minimal supervision. They were pretty set on picking out what ornaments THEY wanted to hang up!

The many faces of S&Z were shown during the post-decorating photo shoot...

And finally... I got it!

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