We had a lovely Thanksgiving in Franklin this year. On the way down we stopped to have holiday photos taken. I was going to just have pictures of the kids, but Lex wanted me with him (he was very clingy this weekend… I think I need to give him more attention!) so Alan and I joined them in the photos. They came out great and we ended up choosing a family photo for the holiday cards. Get excited! :)
Then we continued on to Franklin, driving on the year’s biggest travel day. It took awhile, but we finally got there! Then we relaxed, ate, laughed, colored, played with Hess trucks, and generally had a good ol’ family time for a few days. This morning we woke up to big fat snow flurries to accompany us on our drive home. We hit one slick area going up the mountian, but otherwise a lovely trip. Both kids even napped on the way there and the way home! Now, for the photos…
The kids colored while we waited for our pictures. There was a Santa at the store and Eve gave her picture to him. He said thank you and she was THRILLED!
The Thanksgiving table
Reading with Mema. Eve wanted a lot of that this weekend.
"Us" picture. Can you guess how many glasses of wine I've had here? :)
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Eve ate cranberry sauce for dinner. With a fork and a spoon. She refused to try anything else... until dessert, of course!
Lex also tasted the cranberry sauce (and nothing else) for dinner. I didn't see if he liked it or not. Then he tried pumpkin pie for dessert. Can you guess what he thought? :) Actually, I don't know if he liked it or not. I was at the other end of the table.
Place cards, new(ish) and old. Next year maybe Eve can make them.
Coloring and playing at the table. We did a lot of this. Cool Aunt Rosy has not one, but TWO iItems (iPod and iPhone, iBelieve) and she set them both up with games. Here Eve is playing and Lex is doing a color-by-number that I made for him. I love the happy faces.
Eve, at the "salon" with Aunt Rosy.
Rosy's turn at Eve's salon. (See that spot on her shirt? It's from my camera! It's in almost all of the pictures! Ahh... I hope I can fix it, otherwise I may be making an emergency call to Santa this year!)
Eve in the car, wearing Alan's hat.
We made it home today in time to play outside for awhile in the new snowfall. Fun, fun. Then unpack, dinner, baths, and bed. I was tired and cranky, but the well napped kids were great. Tomorrow we are all looking forward to a quiet day before it’s back to the work/school/playdate grind! :)
HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!
Great pics! I love eves face at the picture place. And eves salon looks lovely.
Tell santa to send me a camera too. Mine broke earlier this year.
well i looked at this again on my computer(rather than my blackberry) and i have a few more things to say………..
Rosie B and dad have the same smirk in the family table photo……cute cute cute.
I love Eves face playing on the game in the background.
and what in the world is Rosie doing to eves hair in that one pic? looks like something plugged in…….is eve already straightening her hair?