Turkey Trots, Black Friday & Holiday Hustle

This week, the holidays come in hot. Allyson, Becky, and Katie kick things off with a classroom confessional: Becky’s “Feet Up Friday” turns into five kindergartners giving themselves haircuts while she’s out, plus a rhyming lesson that goes very sideways with the word “ick.” Meanwhile, Allyson is gearing up to switch groups for reading and math with zero official curriculum, and Katie is bouncing between campuses with a camera, catching kids saying the wildest things on mic.From there, the conversation laces up and heads into full Thanksgiving mode—Turkey Trots in snow, heat, and everything in between. The trio swaps race traditions, carb-loading wins and fails, age-group competitiveness, and why some turkey trots are starting to feel more like pricey speed workouts than hometown fun runs.Then it’s onto Black Friday now vs. back in the “camp out at midnight and fight for a TV” era, and Katie introduces everyone to Houston’s legendary Nutcracker Market—10 convention halls of Christmas chaos, mimosas, and maxed-out wallets. They wrap with the softer side of the season: kid traditions, Christmas tees, decorating classrooms, and how to stay grateful (and somewhat sane) in the middle of data meetings, germs, and holiday overload.