{"id":10342,"date":"2024-11-30T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=10342"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:43:47","slug":"turkey-days-and-birthdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2024\/11\/30\/turkey-days-and-birthdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey day(s) and Birthday(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birthdays and Turkey Days! Yeah – multiple for each. Let’s dive into it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started off the events with Ezra turning 1. He had a Bluey-themed birthday- because well why not? The other kids love Bluey anyway, so it made sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having 3 birthdays on the same day can be trying. This year it seemed alright. My dad and Sky both decided to go to Outback for a birthday dinner (score one for Ezra too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterward, Ezra got a chance to taste some sugar (in the form of his birthday cake).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kid is a bit like me. Unlike the other kids who would tear into the take with their hands and face – Ezra didn’t do that. No, he decided to only put his face in. He didn’t want to get his hands dirty. Once he realized some cake got on his hands he wasn’t very happy until we cleaned it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was probably my favorite part of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day we went to a birthday event for Gramps who turned 80 (on the 19th but we celebrated the day on the 23rd). Big turnout with a lot of the family present for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That night we went to church (Saturday night), followed by Sunday morning church. Afterward, they asked for help decorating the church for the upcoming Christmas season. The kids were more than happy to help out and got to work. (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also collectively decided to take a trip over to the coast for a day to get away. The kids were excited to have a swimming pool that they could spend a few hours in as well (if you couldn’t tell from the huge smiles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca was pretty out of it during this time (the whole family has been fighting off some sickness for most of the month anyway) but he complained about his ears hurting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, his ears. Ezra (just a week before) had gone to the doctor after running a fever, and we found he had an ear infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took Luca to the doctor, and he had a DOUBLE ear infection. Man, oh man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving then came and we took a trip over to Gramps sister (Minnie) for dinner. Sky also brought over birthday presents for her cousin who just had her birthday. Keeping track of the birthdays? We had 3 at our house on one day, and two others later on bringing the total to five birthdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, we stopped and walked through some Christmas lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next few days were busy. We ended up having our own Turkey Day as well (on Saturday). A second one just that is a bit more intimate than the many people at the other event we went to. Anyway, the food was good! We spent the time eating and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s not forget we also had some homemade apple pies and some Costco-made pumpkin pies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then on November 30th, we were getting ready to go to bed. Luca didn’t want to – and after taking his cars to put them away, he stormed off (running down the hall)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few seconds later, we heard a SLAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The metal child gate was left open, and Luca ran right into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent most of the night waking up and icing his head. The kid can’t catch a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, next time he will be looking when he runs. Thankfully, no hospital visit was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey again Birthdays and Turkey Days! Yeah – multiple for each. Let’s dive into it! We started off the events with Ezra turning 1. He had a Bluey-themed birthday- because well why not? The other kids love Bluey anyway, so it made sense. Having 3 birthdays on the same day can be trying. 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