Thanksgiving 2010

Our Thanksgiving holiday started with Will's party at school Tuesday morning. Two other parents and myself helped with their Thanksgiving "feast" - and it was a feast with turkey, corn on the cob, grapes, carrots, crackers, cheese, and two kinds of cookies. Mrs. Lindsey spread out a long roll of paper where the kids had written their names and drawn what they were thankful for. Will was proud to show me where he had drawn me and the rest of the family - even Daisy. We were all different colored circles with eyes and hair. The kids put on their pilgrim or Indian hats while they ate. I even got to hear some of their lines in their upcoming Christmas play.





I worked Tuesday afternoon and we went to the Thanksgiving meal at our church that night. Then we were all off on Wednesday. Mitch took the kids to his parents house for a while and I cleaned the house.

On Thursday we got up and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. It made me really want to go back to NYC! At lunch we went to my mom's house for a meal with her, my aunt Arti and uncle Ray, and my cousin Jo Beth and her husband Troy. It was very nice of them to come down and we had a good visit. The kids had them reading books to them, looking at pictures with them, and Arti even played the piano with them.






That afternoon we went to Mitch's mom's family get-together at Lake D'Arbonne. We visited and ate some more. We left the camera in the car and it was raining while we were there, so we didn't get any pictures. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins again. There were about 9 of them of all ages who played together, running from one bedroom down a short hall to another bedroom, tagging each other "It" and repeating the process, over and over. Ainsley usually had her milk, Brownie Bear and/or a bag of pretzels in her hands the entire time. The adults watched the Saints/Cowboys game - all of whom were all Saints fans so they were happy that they won. It was a good day of family and fun!