Happy Thanksgiving

Watching a few minutes of the Macy's Parade

Sitting in the rocking chair

Getting the table ready for the big meal!

On the move!

The table is set

Greg and Emily starting the feast

I'm getting ready to eat

Emily likes it!

The fork is too slow, moving on to fingers!

Yummy stuffing!

We had a great Thanksgiving! We were planning on meeting my side of the family in St. Louis for the holiday, but due to very expensive plane tickets when we tried to book in September, we opted to stay home instead. It ended up working out perfectly since we were given the go ahead to move back into our kitchen on Wednesday afternoon. Since the weather was so nice on Thursday, we actually spent a good part of the day doing yard work and raking up leaves! We did get some things moved in and had enough serving pieces for our meal. We ordered the meal from Boston Market since the idea of cooking and moving back into the kitchen all in one day was a bit too much to fathom. We added a few of our own touches, but had a really good meal from there. We'll cook our own Thanksgiving Dinner next weekend with our usual foods.

Emily loved the food and ate really well. We even avoided any of the tantrums that we've been seeing a bit more frequently at dinner time. They usually revolve around something that she wants that she doesn't have or something that she has that she most definitely does not want! And every now and then there is no rhyme or reason that we can tell for why she is upset.

In the morning we let Emily watch a little bit of the Macy's Parade, but she really wasn't interested, except when she caught a glimpse of Elmo on the tv. That's our girl, she'd rather play than watch tv.

We thoroughly enjoyed our first meal in our new kitchen. What a difference it makes in the house.