This Thanksgiving

The good stuff has been had this Thanksgiving - we've been with family in FL, we are back home for the holidays, and turkey dinner has been enjoyed.  It's been a really great day! Great couple days actually with a handful more to enjoy before Josh goes back to work.

Yesterday, I took advantage of Josh being home and took a couple hour nap.  When I woke up, the sun was down, the tree had been pulled out, and Polar Express was queued up (a day early, but whatev).  Pole Ex is just about the only Thanksgiving tradition we have, besides turkey. :}

Speaking of turkeys, this one made Josh spend his first day off yesterday at the pediatrician with her.  Strep, yet again!  That didn't stop her from shaking her homemade tail feathers today for the holiday.  Last year she dressed up as an Indian.  This year, the turkey.  Love it!

 

I assigned myself the making of the deviled eggs (which I guess is also a Thanksgiving tradition, ha!) and also the mashed potatoes.  Pioneer Woman provided the recipe and it did not disappoint.  They were perfect! My particular favorite part of this recipe was not having to use a mixer.  Good old hand-powered mashing for the win!

Yum!

Dig in, folks ... but NOT until I take a pic to mark the occasion, of course. :)

Since this holiday was ALSO a mini-birthday for our girl, we celebrated by having her join us at the table for the first time and by giving Sweet Thing her first sweet thing to taste - applesauce.  She did pretty well!  Grinned, mushed her tongue all around, even swallowed a little. 

This Thanksgiving, we enjoyed really mild weather at 70 degrees which allowed us to keep the doors open all day.  Besides our Thanksgiving feast, Noah and Anna played outside with the neighbors, I watched football and scrolled Facebook and read a new book by my favorite author, and Josh oversaw all these things before retiring to Noah's room to work on their At-At Walker robot project. :} Later on, we headed out to The Dancing Lights of Christmas to check a big line item off our holiday list now while we had the free time and the energy ... visit Santa! 

Noah noticed right away that this Santa looked different, yet still he will not figure it out, bless him.  Anna walked right up and read her list of things she would like for Christmas.

Noah, ever the mellow child, asked only for a light saber and said Santa could just surprise him after that.  Santa, trying to be funny, offered to bring Noah a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. That's when Anna had to set the Big Guy straight about her brother's peanut allergy.  Ha!  C'mon, get it right, Nic!

Poor Lasa's Santa pic got cut from our purchase because she WOULD NOT look up ... or anywhere even remotely picture worthy.  It was just not working.  Also, the silly photogs were useless, but don't get me started.  So, in lieu of Lasa on Santa's lap, I snapped this shot of her beneath the tree.  With Santa on her shirt.  That counts, right?

We are settling in for leftovers, football, and more down time tonight.  

It's definitely been a full and good day.
Happy Thanksgiving!