How do you want to spend your holiday weekend?

Today, I received an email that made me laugh out loud at my desk. Here's the first two sentences:

Do you want to stay at home during the holiday weekend and still be productive?
Try signing up for Online CLE and get that end of the year CLE credit out of the
way. . . .

What normal person is concerned about being productive during a holiday weekend? I understand that if you're a student and have exams to prepare for or projects due, then you need to be productive. However, if you're a normal non-student, then you probably need an actual holiday, an escape from work. At the end of Thanksgiving Day, who feels guilty about being "unproductive"? Perhaps some workaholic attorneys do, but not me. I am not at all concerned about being productive this holiday weekend. The only things that I really need to accomplish are spending time with my family and getting some rest.

By the way, in case you were wondering what CLE stood for, it's "continuing legal education." I have to have 15 hours of CLE every year to keep my license to practice law.

Nash: 7 months

Nash is seven months old now. He's sitting up, rolling around, and attempting to crawl. He really just scoots around on his belly, but I expect that he'll be crawling soon. He's cutting his first tooth. He's weighing in at 22 lbs, 12 oz. To those of you who think he's overfed (you know who you are, hehe), Nash is still primarily breastfed, but he is getting some baby food. He only eats about 6 or 7 bites of solids each day, so that's about 1/2 a jar of food each day. He normally doesn't eat any more than that. He's just a healthy size. :)

He really is a joy. He's gotten very expressive, and we can really tell when he's happy and excited. He recognizes people now, and he gets excited to see people he knows. He is crazy about his big sister. Shea still "reads" to him almost daily, and she's always trying to hug and hold him. It melts my heart to watch them interact.

Like Father, Like Son

No words are needed here.

Trick-or-Treat

Shea dressed up as Belle for Halloween. She was so tickled at how "princessy" she looked. Unfortunately, Nash had a fever that night, so he didn't get to dress up in his cute Tigger costume. My sweet parents watched him for us while we took Shea trick-or-treating.

We went to the Goforth's neighborhood so that Shea could enjoy trick-or-treating with some friends. Below is Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Belle, and Spider Man.

Above: Ella, Luke, and Shea are ready to go!

Below: Shea, Reese, and Ella in the wagon. Shea insisted on riding in the wagon most of the time.

Sugar High! Here's the kiddos digging into their goodies!