Crumbled Cheerios: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Drew and I have so much to be thankful for. We all do...no matter what you have going on in your life just think it could be worse. I guarantee someone out there is going through something worse. Of course we are thankful for the obvious things freedom, family, health, a home, forgiveness, friends and food. It is easy to say we are thankful for those things but what about the little things that we often take for granite.

Today we had a beautiful day with immediate family. We went to my parents house where my brother and his family joined. The day started off early with lots of cooking and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. John Brady isn't quite old enough to sit down and watch the whole thing but he did enjoy seeing the Mickey balloon, Seasame St. float, Santa, etc. Mom was in charge of the dressing and the sweet potato casserole. Dad and Drew manned the turkey, which we fried. I brought green bean casserole and caramel cake and Latonia brough mac and cheese and cupcakes.

John Brady napped through our Thanksgiving meal but when he woke up he had his own little Thanksgiving, which he got LOTS of attention. This was John Brady's first Thanksgiving where he actually ate all the food and he LOVED everything....for a few meals to follow too. I think his favorite was the dressing and sweet potato casserole. Nanny and Poppi spoiled him with caramel cake AND ice cream and a little taste of pumpkin pie too. Thank goodness Thanksgiving is not every day....he is not used to that much sugar.

Everyone enjoyed playing with John Brady and watching him run around in the basement and play with his T ball set. He also threw the ball with Ashley some. Drew and Dad ended the day watching football on the back porch. Mom and I watched Home Alone and enjoyed some peppermint hot chocolate, a perfect way to kick off the Holiday Season!