We are so blessed and have countless things, people, events, memories, to be thankful for! It's hard to believe how last year we were SO sad knowing Asher and Annalise would not be coming home until mid-January- and now here they are and they are in awe of all the details of Thanksgiving and Christmas! It would have totally been overwhelming for them last year....
The morning was beautiful- crisp and clear! We started it with cinnamon rolls, eggs, bacon and fruit!
Then we introduced them to The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade! They loved the musicals, floats, singers, it was such an amazing thing for them!
To say that Annalise is obsessed with Hello Kitty is an understatement- you can imagine her excitement when the Hello Kitty balloon floated by! Even our sweet neighbor called to make sure Annalise was watching!
The highlight was when Santa came into sight! Everyone is SUPER excited!! Annalise is even more excited since this Santa will let her keep her gifts!! We saw pictures of them with gifts at Christmas- and she claims that they were given gifts, but they were not for them, but their groupa. She is SO excited that gifts given to her, will be HERS!
Next up was meal prep.... We were sharing the meals with some friends from around the corner- they were bringing the turkey so we worked on the sides. Alden is pretty good at pealing potatoes!
The table all set- I loved this paper table cloth covered in games for the kids! They loved it- and one kid even started eating it!
Annalise thought it was super special to color on the tablecloth- and she colored a lot- which is excellent practice for her!
Getting the rolls ready to cook!
Asher wanted to get in on the food prep- so he made some cookies- very full of fiber these cookies...
All 12 of us- 12 in 2 families! 8 kids under 8years old! It was awesome, loud, and full of laughter!! A little bit later, the Ws come- and the count went up 16 people, 10 kids under 8! It was awesome!!
Isn't this the cutest dessert for the kids?!? Thank you Katherine!!
