I absolutely love long weekends! They mean more time with my family and more time to get things done around the house. Kassi had a runny nose and was pretty grumpy during the day on Thursday. She has decided that taking naps is for babies and she is not a baby, so she says"NO nap, NO sleep" and while she does still get at lest 12 hours of sleep at night the afternoons can be a bit dramatic. We did however manage to get the Christmas tree up and had some friends over for supper. 
On Friday Wes and I decided to chance the crowds in Billings and try to get our Christmas shopping done taking advantage of the Black Friday deals. We found some really great prices and are about 90% done Christmas shopping. Yeah!!!! We were also able to find some great prices on things we had been looking for, but were too cheap to buy. We finally bought a microwave hood for above the stove. All of them we had looked at had been over $150 we bought this one for $68! Wes had been looking for a new drill, we found a new drill on sale with a battery operated saw included for free. We also found a 6volt jeep for Kassi half price. Most everything we bought was between 50 and 75% off.
On Saturday my dad came in and we installed our new microwave hood. I LOVE it and for the price it is awesome!! It also helped to clean up the look of the kitchen. Before it looked a little cluttered with the microwave on the counter since we just don't have much counter space. We also put up a couple of Christmas decorations outside.
On Sunday the Disney Channel kept advertising that the three Tinker Bell movies would be on that night. Kassi kept asking to watch them. Well remember I said before that she has stopped taking naps. We decided to do what all the books tell you not to do and bribe her. We told her we would let her stay up and watch all three of the movies if she would take a good nap. We could even set up downstairs and watch them on the big screen and eat popcorn. Bribes work really well, rather you are "supposed" to do it or not, it works. She laid down without a fuss and took a two hour nap. When the first movie came on we were eating supper. This one was the original Peter Pan movie. She wasn't so excited about it. The second one was Tinker Bell and for this one we moved downstairs and set up a comfy spot on the floor and had snacks in our jammies and slippers. The third movie didn't start until 9:00 p.m. I figured Kassi would be out before it even started. I fell asleep before she did. About 9:30 she woke me up and wanted to lay next to me. Once she got snuggled in she fell right asleep as well. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to lots of movies nights at home!
