Thanksgiving Relaxation

For Thanksgiving we headed over to Jon’s Mom’s house for a long visit. Jon’s Mom is still healing from a ruptured appendix at the end of October, and Jon’s brother had a tonsillectomy the week before Thanksgiving, so they were still on the mend. So it ended up being a nice low-key Thanksgiving actually (kind of a nice change of pace from the usual hustle and business!). Jon and I even got a chance to go decorate our house for Christmas (or minimalist Christmas as Jon put it) on Friday, while Jon’s Mom and Terry watched Elijah. On Saturday we went to Jon’s Grandma and Grandpa’s for dinner, which was a nice treat since we don’t get to see them very often.

Mom is making me pose in my Thanksgiving sweater.

Jon and Elijah and I got to play together a lot over Thanksgiving. Jon especially built all kinds of block cities and tunnels with Elijah (Mom’s just not as good at it). One time Jon had built Eli a road with some bridges (or tunnels as Eli called them). Elijah had two tunnels and told Daddy that he needed three tunnels. Than when Jon got three tunnels up, Elijah scrunched up his nose, thought a bit and said, “Need . . . four tunnels, Daddy.” This continued until Elijah had six tunnels, at which point it was time to eat, and I don’t think Elijah could remember (without counting out loud) which number came next.

The 6 tunnels built by Daddy to Eli's specifications.

I don't want to come eat, I want to play blocks.

After Thanksgiving dinner Grandpa Terry was getting a movie ready on the tv, so Elijah climbed up on the armrest to watch. I didn’t know where he went at first though, he was being so quiet!

I think this is a good perch to watch the movie from.

Eli, Jon, and I also had a rousing game of hide and seek (Elijah’s favorite activity!). “Come find me, Mommy!” over and over . . . and over and over. I didn’t think he’d ever get sick of it, but he did eventually.

Come find me, Mommy!

Hey, you found me!

At Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa’s house, Elijah found some wooden fruit in a bowl on the coffee table. He spotted the Christmas tree as well, and decided that the fruit would look great on the tree. I think taking the fruit on and off the tree amused him most of the night! It certainly amused us, and since no other ornaments were on the tree yet, it didn’t hurt anything for him to play with the tree.

This isn't a Christmas tree, it's an apple tree!

A very relaxing Thanksgiving weekend, but on Sunday we had to head back to reality. It’s always nice to be able to spend a longer amount of time together though, so I can’t wait for Christmas time and more relaxing days together.

Thanksgiving was so fun, I can't wait until Christmas!