Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thanksgiving morning playtime at the park. And why not? It was 70 degrees out! (Want to find out about Charlie's accessory? Scroll down to the bottom of the post.)Rustand debate: is it a twisty slide or a tornado slide? Put in your vote and settle a bet around here! Whatever it is, Charlie loves it.

This pic is simply to show that Matt was indeed wearing shorts and a t-shirt on Thanksgiving. Ok, so he took Charlie for a run and then ended up at the park where Alanna and I met them, but still. Shorts on Thanksgiving!

Our little ladybug all snugged in the stroller.

This is the part where we went to our friends Karen and Kurtis' house for a Thanksgiving feast. I didn't take any pictures! Boo! Like last year, we ate together and spent a few hours talking while the kids played. (They have a 2-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl.) I hosted last year, so Karen hosted this year. Next year, it's our turn again! It's so fun. We really enjoy hanging out with them, and like us, their family lives in California and Canada. Well, not that we have family in CA or Canada, but you get it. I brought mashed potatoes and green bean casserole, and Karen made the turkey, gravy, sweet potato casserole, cranberries from a can, and some kind of German thing called spaetzla... which was more fun to eat than spell. We topped off the meal with a traditional pumpking pie. From Costco. Ha!

Our two lil turkeys. Alanna's HUGE Thanksgiving outfit. She's obviously not ready for 3 month clothes yet.

Turkey butt!!

Enjoying her bath at the end of a busy day.

Question: Why does Charlie have a bandage on his forehead?

Answer: Because he's 1 1/2 and I bought stock in bandages. :) Just kidding. The real story is that he was standing in the living room a few feet away from the piano and either started to just tip over or wanted to be silly and throw himself down on the ground (like he frequently does). Either way, the top of his forehead slammed into a super sharp corner of the piano. Though it wasn't a big gash, it was really deep! Matt and I were both standing within 4 feet of him but couldn't prevent it from happening. Being a head wound, of course it bled quite a bit. I scooped him up into my arms and rocked for a bit while holding a tissue on his forehead to catch the blood. Charlie's tears stopped long before the bleeding stopped, so Matt took him into the family room to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade thinking that he would sit still and watch tv while Matt finished holding the tissue in place. It worked! At bath time that night, we were expecting to take off the bandage and reveal a huge bruise, but surprisingly enough it hardly bruised at all. There was a visible bump (especially when looking at Charlie's profile), but no black/blue/yellowish mark. This is one of the first few things we've actually needed a bandage for. Ah, the first of many. :(