This year we were all alone for Thanksgiving again. We made a huge Thanksgiving feast that, with Caleb and I's equal efforts, turned out really really good. Joshua helped a lot too. Today I am making turkey soup with all the left overs, so it has turned out to be about a weeks worth of food all in one day of cooking. It is fun to start our own family traditions with Joshua. I set the table all fancy with leaves I had ironed between waxed paper earlier in the fall. Then we had our neighbors over for desert. Once Joshua was asleep Caleb and I stayed up and played a grueling game of Risk (a Beifuss Thanksgiving tradition) he one. I hate that game because I have yet to win, Caleb says I am too extreme, I am either all or nothing and spread myself out to thin or I never leave one tiny part of the board. That pretty much explains me, all or nothing.
I even gave Joshua a real place setting, he was very excited.
There was so much food that we barely had room to put our plates.
Caleb had the whole weekend off so we of course got our Christmas tree on Friday, like we always do. On Saturday we spent the day in Lake Placid New York, where the miracle on ice happened in 1980. It was so much fun. We checked out the bob sledding track and other Olympic attractions.
Then we went to the quaint town of Lake Placid and walked around the stores. Joshua found this train table and fell in love. We seriously hung out in this store for about 40 minutes. Joshua would not leave. We are actually looking to find him a train set because he loves them so much. We figure for his birthday or Christmas next year.
Anyway we had a great Thanksgiving weekend and hope all of you did too.
2 comments:
Alex loves trains too! We bought a 72 piece cheap set at Christmas tree shop for $10 that he started playing with at about 15 months. Thomas and Brio sets are really nice, but expensive. The best place to buy Thomas is at Michael's using their 40% off coupons. It would be a toy Joshua would play with for years to come. He can come and play trains with Alex any time :-)
Sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving. Sometimes it's nice to have it with only your immediate family. I love the picture of Caleb and Joshua walking down the snowy road.
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