Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving this year started out with a very special lunch with Riley at Open Arms. Ryan was still home with Daddy recovering from his croup, so it was just some one on one time – just us girls. We had a full Thanksgiving feast and Riley couldn’t have been prouder to have me there with her. We ate together at the little table and then she showed me all over her classroom. She brought me just about every book in the room to read to her and was so sad when I had to leave to go back to work.
After work, I headed down to Washington (GA) with Riley and Ryan for our holiday. After some heavy traffic to get out of Atlanta, we finally arrived and MeeMaw and Grandaddy had grilled cheese sandwiches ready and waiting on us for dinner. We settled in for the night and started our cooking and preparation for the big meal.
On Thursday morning we woke up and called to wish Daddy good luck on his half-marathon. He has been training for months and ran 13.1 miles in 2 hours and 8 minutes! Amazing stuff! I can’t begin to imagine running that far for that long, but he did it without a hitch! After resting for just a bit, he hit the road and joined us in time for our late afternoon lunch / early dinner. Earlier that day, we watched the Macy’s Parade and they had so much fun watching everyone go by. They are already enthralled with Santa (or “Ho Ho”)!
The kiddos helped Grandaddy in the yard and were just plain busy.
When it came time for nap, they were not happy about any part of it. They played around forever and finally we found them out of the pack-n-plays. We knew the day would come but I was hoping it would still be a little bit longer that we could keep them contained. They ended up on the floor on the mats from their pack-n-plays – Riley in one room and Ryan in the other (Grandaddy joined him to help calm him down and they both rested for a bit).
Once they woke up and Daddy arrived, it was time for the big meal. MeeMaw and I had been cooking for almost 24 hours and we had a great meal prepared. We all sat down with full plates of fabulous food and Ryan declared “all done”. He ate not one bite of the meal and quickly asked for pretzels. So – he had a feast of pretzels and Riley ate only mashed potatoes. Everyone keeps assuring me that this is what 2 year olds do. I guess at this point nothing surprises me!
After dinner we lit up a nice fire in the fire pit outside complete with s’mores! Riley and Ryan played chase with each of us and thoroughly enjoyed every second!

We made a quick trip “downtown” to see the lights and then it was time for bed.


We drove back on Friday and got home just in time for dinner and bed time. They have watched The Polar Express at least 3 times already and keep asking for it over and over again. They ask to watch “The Choo Choo” movie. They have great taste as that is also one of my favorite movies! What a great start to the holiday season! We are grateful for many many things, but most of all we are thankful for our health and for one another!
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)