Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! Okay, it's a day late, but with pictures. Here's Matthew eating pumpkin pie, or at least the Cool Whip on top. It was a nice day with Jim's family, and Matthew held out pretty well. Here he is, waiting for our 2 p.m. dinner. We gave him a roll ("too"--toast--as he calls it) while he was waiting. He especially enjoyed the rolls and dressing. He kept moaning and saying "ummy" about the dressing. I believe he ate a cut up carrot, and I have no idea about the turkey. (Dad, can you help me remember?) Perhaps some mashed potatoes.

To tell you the truth, I was fairly focused on the mashed potatoes myself! At first, I forgot to give Matthew any food at all, I was so hungry. (Forgot to have breakfast.) Poor child, what a bad mommy!

After dinner, Jim's sister, brother-in-law, and neice gave us our Christmas presents because we won't be seeing them on Christmas. Matthew received a very fine Elmo/Cookie Monster phone that plays numbers and sounds, as well as some Elmo underwear in anticipation of potty training. What a nice motivator those will be!! Cousin Danielle got him a savings bond!

It was a very nice day. Went home full as usual. As for the "other family tradition" which I won't specify, I was mature enough not to care about what the neighbors thought.