Thanksgiving

So Thursday was Thanksgiving and I cooked ALL day. A huge meal with all the fixings for the five of us. It did seem a little like overkill, but I love all the traditional stuff for Thanksgiving. The turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce, roasted sweet potatoes and for dessert, pecan pie and pumpkin pie. I love pumpkin pie but only have it at Thanksgiving and Vic only likes pecan pie, so I always make both.

Once we sat down to dinner, Andrew announced that he wasn't going to eat any of it and so I made him a peanut butter sandwich. Gina at least ate the turkey and a roll. Dylan, the least picky of the bunch, ate a little bit of everything. And so we have been eating leftovers all weekend.

Nana and Auntie Alice came to visit on Friday. So the kids have had a fun two days, going to Los Gatos, going shopping, and just running around. After 4 days off of work and school, it is going to be hard to get up on Monday morning.

Happy Birthday Dylan

Dylan is now 1 year old. He is still the easiest of the three kids though he has his moments of difficulty.

Here he is in his new car seat. We kept him in the infant car seat much longer than the other 2 kids. I think Andrew was out of his infant seat by 6 months. He is still rear facing though since the seat recommendation is 22 lbs for forward facing. He is just over 20 lbs right now.

He is showing interest in trying to draw now too. Here he is drawing with a crayon for the first time. It is not surprising since Gina is drawing all the time and Andrew has also become very interested in drawing too.

We didn't do much for Dylan's birthday. It is so close to Thanksgiving and he was sick the previous three days. So he got a carrot cupcake for dessert.

And it looks like he enjoyed it.