My husband decided to participate this year! So he had to shave his head (which he does almost daily anyway) with a straight razor. He has had a goatee since the day I met him but I insisted in order to participate fully, the facial hair needed to be shaved as well! He wasn't too enthused, but did agree that I was probably right. (Yes, I marked that one down in the books.) As the month progressed, he had a really hard time not shaving - he hates to be unshaven and scraggly looking - so about two weeks in he told me that it was driving him crazy and he was going to have to quit. I encouraged him to use this a learning opportunity; make it represent more than just shaving/not shaving. "You quit now when things are a little uncomfortable, you will quit the next time things get a little rough." He thought that made a lot of sense, thanked me for my wisdom and raved about how glad he was that he married someone so smart (a few more notations for the book) and never complained about his shagginess the rest of the month. I was so proud of him. Here is his transformation:
This month, Margot was also in her high school's annual musical performance. This year they performed "Lil Abner" and worked very hard rehearsing for it every night after school for about 3 months. The student's had a lot of fun with it, and it showed in their performance. It will certainly be an experience she will not soon forget. She made a lot of friends in the process.
This month, I also decided to give my hideous fireplace a makeover before the Christmas holiday. Thanks to my best friends "liquid nails" and "tile cutter" I knocked this puppy out in about 12 hours. My original plan was to demo and rebuild the surround, but now that the tile is changed, I love it as is!
We celebrated Thanksgiving at home as a family. Shawn smoked our turkey and Margot and I prepared the "fixings" and set the table. This was Margot's first Thanksgiving obviously, as Belgium does not celebrate it (yes, people have asked!) Here was our little spread...
Afterward, I took her Black Friday shopping - she was not impressed with the numerous "rude Americans" (nor was this American, for that matter) but we found some great stuff!!
At the end of the month, we chose our Christmas tree as a family, and attended the holiday lights parade in downtown Topeka. We all LOVE this time of the year.
