We started our Thanksgiving holiday a little early this year and left Tuesday evening for my Mom's cabin. We stayed until Friday morning and had a wonderful time. My Mom is so good about getting gluten free food for my family. She had everything ready to go for us. The only food I took with me was snacks for the car ride! That is a huge deal for us.
On Wednesday morning the kids were up and ready to get going. Emery & Elese were doing their school work on Grandma's "tiny Tim" chairs...she has 3 of these! Funny how they are sitting on the "time out" chair which I don't think she's ever used!
Eliot was having a fun time playing with all of Grandma's beads.
Elese is really into wearing something on her head all.the.time. She wears headbands, lights or a hat. She actually wore this light to church the night before. We got many questions about that!
We always celebrate Scott's birthday at Thanksgiving so Emery was working on a birthday card for her Daddy. Our gift to him was tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters here in Cincinnati.
Eliot started playing with this baby while we were there. I'm surprised he's just now interested. Eli loved babies and even pushed a stroller around. His favorite thing to do right now is sweep with a broom.
This is so funny. The kids and I were having a dance party (we do this quite often) & Scott was laughing at Eliot dancing. This is a new move for Eliot so I was encouraging him and he just kept smiling! He already has more rhythm than Scott :)
It was nice enough in the afternoon to head outside. The kids were in and out all day but Scott and I joined them after lunch. This is a new trike that Grandaddy bought for Elese. Mom has bikes for Eli & Emery at the cabin too. Elese was doing so well peddling herself around. They have everything they need at the cabin!
Of course Eliot was not to be left out!
This is one of the few pics of Eli. Eli LOVES going to Grandma's cabin and we rarely see him because he keeps himself so busy. Being in the woods in the middle of nowhere is just his style.
Emery persuaded Elese to let her stand on the back while she peddled. This kept them busy for awhile.
Scott & I were playing a little badminton.
Group shot compliments of Emery!
During nap time my Mom & Emery got to work decorating her Christmas tree.
My Mom still has several ornaments from my childhood that she puts on the tree. This one is from 1st grade. Miss Shultz was so special to me and I decided in 1st grade that I wanted to be a teacher.
My Mom has a silver bell collection going back to the 1970's. It was stared by Aunt Fran and then passed to my Mom. Each year is a new bell with the year engraved on it.
Emery had a drawing contest for the adults and I won!
This is the card Eli made for Scott's birthday.
Uncle Jason came up on Wednesday afternoon. He was enjoying the afternoon off by relaxing on the couch. TC quickly jumped up on his lap.
The boys had a little target practice after nap time. Eli has gotten much better at hitting the circle...if you look closely you can see his hits.
Thanksgiving was a wonderful day. We watched the parade, cooked up a storm, played a game & even managed a group photo. After the feast Mom & Cameron were checking out pictures of Cameron's trip to Ireland.
Grandaddy was dozing off on the couch after our feast.
Krista always brings her nail kit and offers pedicures & manicures on our holiday celebrations. Emery's always 1st in line!
My favorite part of Thanksgiving is watching Scott & Jason clean up all the dishes and the kitchen! I think they were in there for over an hour this year. Thanks guys!
