Thanksgiving Blessings

What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had! Grandad made it and brought the green beans. Uncle Steve, Aunt Andrea and Kenzie made it and brought Uncle Steve’s famous mashed potatoes. Mimi brought the pies. As for me? Yeah. I think it was my best turkey ever. Ever. That’s right, you heard it hear first. EVER.

A couple of days before Thanksgiving H and I found some costumes in his closet. I’ve posted the pictures of H in the dragon costume. Here are some of him and Kenzie (in his horse costume we found).

While waiting for lunch, the kids got bundled up and went outside to play. How cute are they in H’s pullover hoodies and hats?

After lunch, it had warmed up enough, they didn’t need the coats. H sat down and watched our neighbors’ grandkids play in her backyard. I love this picture of him.

Here he is being spun around by Uncle Steve.

By the end of the day, H and I were pretty tired. But we had decided to see the lights come on at Utica Square with Mimi. When we got there it was SO busy. We thought there were going to be mechanical Santas and reindeer and elves. There weren’t. We thought we’d get hot cocoa from Starbucks. Not going to happen. They and Pottery Barn Kids were the only shops open and you can imagine how packed Starbucks was. Insane. H did have fun checking out PBK. They had a big dog at the door who gave H a giant hug when we got there.




Unfortunately, it was meltdown city when the ‘lights’ came on. He didn’t want to go. He didn’t care. He wouldn’t even calm down enough to hear me when I said we’d go back into the store and play. So we went home. It was past his bedtime, it had been a long day. I understood.

All in all… it was a wonderful day.