Well, Chris sort of stole my thunder there by posting the pictures before I could write the story. But, for those who like commentary to accompany the photos, it was definitely a Thanksgiving to remember. We drove to Portland Thursday morning, stopped off at Bits’ for a half hour just to get out of the car. Then we hopped back in the car to drive to Happy Valley where Ben’s girlfriend Michaella lives. I don’t know how much you can see in the pictures (see previous post for the link) but her house is lovely. Her table was beautifully set. She even had little pumpkin bowls with lids for the soup! The girls had made special turkey placecards for everyone which were a perfect compliment to the autumnal table. The only problem was that none of us seemed to be able to sit down together at the same time. It was comical really. There were equal number of adults and kids (Michaella has 2 boys 6 and 3) and yet, we all seemed to have our hands full. Whenever we thought all of us might be able to sit, somebody (mostly the baby boys) always needed something, whether it was fed, or diapered, or put to bed (over and over and over again cause neither of them wanted to sleep). Finally, all the adults were seated to eat the feast…oops, but Andy was on the phone with his family. We gave up. We ate. Without him. Until we heard him winding up the conversation at which point we all thought it would be funny if we hid in the living room so that when he came into the dining room he’d be sitting at the table alone. While we were hiding we laughed so hard at how funny it was going to be when he showed up with his plate of food to an empty table that we nearly wet our pants. But, he wrecked our plan by lingering too long in the kitchen and so we all slowly wandered back to the table and the joke fizzled. The food, however, was really good. Well, I can’t speak for the turkey, but the sides were all very good. The gravy Chris made was heavenly, and I don’t even like meaty products. Michaella’s salad–to die for. I ate 3 helpings. That is why you see me pictured at the table alone, laughing hysterically. I was still eating and everyone else had gotten up from the table. What’s new. I’m always eating way after most people have finished. When dessert time rolled around, Harry was getting super tired, and the girls were starting to get close to bedtime, so we headed back to Bitsy’s, without Bitsy and Andy. Zack had finally decided to go to sleep at Michaella’s and they weren’t about to wake him. NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING BABY!
Funny things to note in the pictures:
1.Look at how tidy Harry is after eating his Thanksgiving feast and then look at Zack. Hee hee hee.
2. Harry entertained himself during the adult’s dinner, not with toys, but with the grate in the floor. The kid is easily entertained.
3. The kids got so hungry waiting for the feast that they ended up eating peanut butter sandwiches 1/2 hour before we ate and so they barely touched their dinner
4. Adam chose toast instead of all of the wonderful Thanksgiving sides (I guess he eats toast a LOT)
5. There’s a picture of the girls eating sweet potatos…well, maybe just the marshmellows on top…
Highlights from the rest of the weekend included some wonderfully mild temperatures which allowed us to take walks through some of the nearby neighborhoods, and also to get the girls over to the park. The light drizzle was barely noticible. We also got to take the girls ice skating for their first time. Well, Chris took them, while Bits and I looked on from the side with the babies in strollers. We ended up coming home a day early. Chris had a sinus cold, Harry wasn’t sleeping (also coming down with a cold), Riley the dog isn’t used to kids, and we were a little too cozy (all 8 of us) in Bitsy’s house. But, looking back at the pictures, we had fun, we laughed, and we’ll always remember our 1st Thanksgiving in the Pacific Northwest. We have so much to be greatful for. And are those babies CUTE!!?? or what!
