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Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone - what's left?  A pumpkin pie hangover and lots of great memories, I guess.  I spent the long weekend with family, lots of little ones all around again this year... all aged 8 and younger... so it was a lot of work but a lot of fun too.  We made Christmas ornaments and cooked together, but for the first time this year the kids really entertained themselves.  Nice.  We capped off the weekend with a trip to the Christmas Tree farm and picked ourselves out a doozie.  Actually, it's pretty small, but fits nicely in the corner of my tiny living room.  We decorated it on Saturday night... also a chore with it's highlights.  I think my son Jackson dropped every ornament before finally securing it on a branch.  He also insisted on wearing a bright orange camo hat that my dad gave him.  Thanks Dad.  Add that to his camo vest and his camo pants and his camo backpack and his camo blanket and you've got quite a theme going.  Anyway, he loves the hat so it's not going anywhere.  Caitlin was great as usual - reveling in all the traditions we've come to enjoy.  She's not one to forget just exactly how we did things last year.  Enjoy a few photos from this latest holiday weekend...