Thanksgiving week began with dinner with friends. Here are Annie and Kyle ready and waiting to eat. She especially enjoyed cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.
After dinner, she enjoyed playing with all the other kids--we've added a few since last year--and with parents, too.
One of her favorite things to do at Brett and Emily's (who hosted dinner), is to go "up, up" to Ella's room to ride her rocking horse. When we get anywhere close to their house, we hear "Ella" and "neigh" over and over again.
Our next Thanksgiving meal was on Tuesday with Eric's grandmother. We had Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Annie had fun sitting in the sun room's furniture and doing a far amount of rearranging of the cushions.
Wednesday evening, Eric's brother Jeff, his wife Dee, and daughter Emily arrived for the weekend. Grandma Barb joined us for Thanksgiving meal #3. Annie was very excited to play with everyone, especially with cousin Emily. When Emily would leave the room, she would follow calling "Emily, Emily" and she wanted Emily to be the one to hand her things at dinner. Unfortunately, this is when Eric and Annie started coughing.
Thursday, we had a pretty low key morning. We had breakfast with Jeff, Dee, and Emily before they headed over to Eric's dad (Papa)'s. Then Annie and Eric just rested, trying to keep their coughs from getting the better of them. We went over to Papa and Nana's, where Annie and Eric napped till dinner time, enjoyed a tasty dinner, some games of Apples to Apples, and returned home pretty early as the coughing continued.
Friday, Eric and Annie continued to feel pretty miserable. They've spent a lot of time together this weekend, sleeping, cuddling, coughing, resting, drinking water and coughing some more. We did venture out to Eric's mom's for one last Thanksgiving meal. Annie again enjoyed her time with cousin Emily especially, and they played for quite awhile with Grandma Barb's kitchen, serving up a delightful tea party.
On the way home Friday evening, Annie was mesmerized by the Christmas ("ho, ho, ho") lights, and as we've set up Christmas decorations the rest of the weekend (that was pretty much all we could manage to accomplish with Eric and Annie feeling sick) she's been so engaged in everything. We've added words to our vocabulary like "snowman," "advent," enjoyed singing/playing Christmas Carols (particularly German ones to prepare for our Christmas in Bavaria), and Annie's had fun hanging up Christmas ornaments all over the house.
We were sad to have Eric and Annie not feeling better this weekend, but we've also appreciated some extended time together at home. As we head into December, it's quite clear there won't be many days when we can just all be together and not running all over the place, so we are thankful for that, as thankful as we are for all the craziness and time with friends and family over the holidays.
Happy Advent!
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