Thanksgiving Week

The first thing I should mention about Thanksgiving week happened on Monday. At our school, our lovely media specialist decided a great way to get students to read is to challenge them to a contest against the staff. The staff would sign up and take tests on books (had to be 4th grade level or higher). If any classes got more 100% scores on tests than the staff team, they would get to see the staff dance the Hannah Montana Hoedown Throwdown. Apparently our media specialist was correct as the students in our school passed more than 3,500 tests on books for the first nine weeks! So there ended up being 4 classes that beat the teachers. I'm proud to say that my class was one of them, my neighboring 3rd grade class was another, and 2 of the 4 fifth grade classes beat us as well. (Note: not all staff members participated in the challenge, only those in the dance)



I'm in the black w/ the black cowboy hat.



On Thanksgiving, Jenn signed us up for a 10k to help prepare for our upcoming half-marathon/full marathon in two weeks. Jenn had been training harder than me, and it showed as she "beat" me for the first time in a race...ever. I do have to make it known that at about the half-way point Jenn was right behind me and then veered off into some bushes. I thought she was sick, so I was torn between trying to get the best time and seeing if she was okay. I ended up running back to see if she was okay and I am confident that had I not run back to check on her, I'd have come away with the victory.

The rest of the Thanksgiving day was spent relaxing and Jenn cooking all our food (Jenn's tip: mix the food up the day before so all you need to do is stick it in the oven the day of). We had a meal fit for a family of 8-10, despite it being only the two of us. We had a 14 lb. turkey, cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, homemade mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, croissant rolls, and gravy. It was delicious and we will be eating it for at least a week.

Jenn and her turkey roaster.

Jenn's Thanksgiving Spread

I for one am looking forward to the rest of my break where I don't plan to leave the couch much. I have a feeling Leo will be joining me for most of the lounging, too :)