Thanksgiving Break

Cameron couldn't wait for Thanksgiving break to start today.  He even told his teacher that he might get picked up early this afternoon.  I hated to burst his bubble, but he made it through the day and jumped in my van at 3:05.  Meg was even glad to have a break from school.  She finished "Little Town on the Prairie" and wanted to have some time to read "These Happy Golden Years."  I couldn't blame her for that.  Although all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books are great reads, those two are definitely the best.

We made our end of the week stop at Casey's for drinks and snacks.  The next hour was spent in everyone's least favorite way - picking up.  They house, however, looked fabulous when Doug got home at 5:15.  I even had time to polish the granite countertops.  There was a caveat at the end of our quick cleaning session - Cal had promised to bring home some of the Varsity basketball players for a game of Risk with Cam, Brett and even Doug if they needed a sixth.  Cam could think of nothing else.

Cal did not disappoint him.  At 6 p.m. four of Cal's friends stopped by the Heinisch Home for a night of game playing.  Unfortunately, Sam didn't check with his Mom first, so when he called home, she informed him that there was a houseful of Clarks awaiting his return.  Thus, his stay was short lived.  That still left David, Jayce and Cal to battle Brett, Cam and Doug in a game of total world domination.

Meg and I had decided to sit out the game playing by reading and catching up on bill paying.  We took breaks several times to watch a movie or chat about Laura and Almanzo.  Doug ordered pizza for all and dinner seemed to be well appreciated.  Unfortunately for Cam, he was the first one out.  According to him he had the worst Risk strategy ever.  David was the next one out but made it quite a bit longer.  Definitely the quiet one of the bunch, we appreciated his politeness as he thanked us several times for including him.

While the game playing in the basement continued, Meg, Cam and I were able to get in a few rounds of UNO.  Cam kicked our butts, but we didn't complain to loudly.  During this time we received several updates from the Risk group.  Brett finally gave up as he felt it was leading to a stalemate.  Cal was the next one out and by ten o'clock Doug and Jayce agreed to call it a draw, but not without a lot of loud banter seeping through the Heinisch walls.

Overall, it was a lot of fun.  Definitely, a great way to start our Thanksgiving vacation.  I can see now why Cam wanted to day to start early.