We had such a wonderful time at Thanksgiving with Kara, Alvin, and Nigel. Nigel was adorable. At first Abby and Oliver were a little shy around him, but they quickly warmed up and were sharing all of their toys with him. As soon as they realized that the first thing Nigel did was put toys in his mouth, they made sure to share their toys for a very brief moment!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, mostly prepared by Kay, with spiral sliced honey ham, turkey breast with homemade cranberry sauce, asparagus with hollandaise sauce, sweet potato swirls, potatoes and gravy, rainbow jello, lettuce salad, and whole wheat rolls. Best of all, Kay made both apple pie and pumpkin pie! She is such an amazing cook, and a great hostess. Perhaps the biggest challenge of the day was getting Abby to come sit up at the table for dinner. We had brought our old high chair up for Nigel to use, but Abby decided that she had to sit in it herself. We tried to reason with her, but we finally decided to was better to let her eat Thanksgiving dinner in the high chair than to have the meal end up with everyone in tears.

After dinner we played “Toy Story” bingo and then I gave a short Thanksgiving lesson. I made pirate hats for all of the kids and we went on a treasure hunt looking for our blessings. Oliver loved following the treasure map that I made and he said that it was the best part of the day.

Kara and Alvin had to leave on Friday, so we only saw them for a couple of days, but it was great to have them here. We hope they come back soon!