Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a great Thanksgiving this year- the first one at this house! The last Thanksgiving that we did not travel for was 5 years ago at our apartment in Kent and I was just days away from delivering Chloe. I was going to post a picture of that Thanksgiving, but I was large with child (and when I saw large, I really mean LARGE. I didn't want to post a picture and alarm anyone with my overwhelming size).

We were excited to host our first Thanksgiving in our own home with our own kids. And we didn't have the stress of making it fancy for anyone- our kids don't know any better.

We had a very relaxing day, just the 6 of us. We spent lots of time lounging around watching The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, movies and football.

Mitchell couldn't wait for dinner!

Ben carving the yummy turkey!

Plastic plates, cups and silverware for the kids, and since we have no fancy china, our everyday dishes for Ben and I. (We did go "all out" and use some fancy glasses for the sparkling cider...)

The kids had eaten lots of cheese and crackers all afternoon, so neither of them was super hungry, but we asked them to at least try just one bite of everything. Chloe is a fantastic vegetable eater (the best, really) and ate all of her veggies (minus the yams, which she grudgingly only took one bite of).

Mitch on the other hand is not a good veggie eater and since half of the items were veggies, he didn't eat a whole lot. We kept referring to the turkey as chicken because he knows what chicken is and loves it. But either he wasn't fooled or wasn't hungry, but he wouldn't try it. And he is becoming quite good with his speech. Point in case: Me: "Mitch, can you try some of your chicken?" Mitchell: "Me no want that chicken!" Needless to say, Mitch no eat that chicken (turkey).

At dinner, we all went around and said something we were thankful for. For Mitchell to understand, we asked him to fill in the blank: "I love...." and he said "Puntins!!" (pumpkins). Chloe said: "Water."

At Chloe's preschool, each child made a turkey and on each turkey feather they named something they were thankful for. Here is Chloe's list of things she was thankful for:

*Friends

*Brother and sisters

*Mom and Dad

*Summer

*School

*Halloween

*Water to drink

*Trees

I thought it was a very thoughtful list and she definitely named things she really loves and is thankful for.

But of course everyone was excited for dessert! We had a pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin pie and an apple pie (with ice cream and cool whip, of course). Mitch only ate ice cream and Chloe only ate apple pie.

In preschool, Chloe made an Indian outfit and was very excited to "dress up" for Thanksgiving. She kept asking what her friends and cousins were "dressing up like" for Thanksgiving.... I think we may have just combined Halloween and Thanksgiving.

Anyway- it was fun to dress up, and here is the Andros line up for Thanksgiving day:

Chloe, the Indian

Mitchell, the Turkey

(and boy is he a little turkey these day. He is hilarious and lots of fun, but he's two and can be a turkey....)

Alexis and Leah, the Pilgrims

(Pilgrims because Chloe was very stuck on the idea that everyone needed to "dress up.")

Yes, little Leah has BIG, beautiful eyes. She can really take it all in with one good glance!

And the 2 big kids were in bed by 6:00, which I don't think has EVER happened on Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day to me and Ben!

Happy Thanksgiving!