tofurkey day

I was sad we weren't going to be with either of our families for Thanksgiving but Amanda and Tre went out of the way to make it an amazing day. They rented a house in Provincetown for a couple of days and invited us for the day. We decided to get a hotel nearby for the night since it is a 3 hour drive. We got to the hotel just in time to see the very end of the parade and got to see Santa! We got ready and went over to their house. It was just us and Tre's mom. She was so sweet and played with Elinor while we (Amanda) got everything together. Tre and Amanda had just got back from Disney and brought back some gifts for Elinor, including a super cute ornament with her name. Tre's mom also gave her a present. She is so spoiled! Amanda made so much amazing food and I want recipes for everything. I only made a salad..it was a pretty awesome salad though.

 view from the back porch

 salad boat

 tofurkey!

no one told me the parade replayed later in the day! We got to watch a little more of it before dinner

 after dinner we walked to the beach

 trying to run to the water

 sand???

Alabama was there too and Elinor got puppy kisses!

We went back to the hotel and went swimming. Elinor wasn't too sure about it at first since we hadn't been in awhile. After awhile she was climbing out (with help) and jumping back in. She would try to jump, doing a big bend and push to her toes but not get any air. She would just lean in and fall into our arms in the pool. 

Thank you so much Amanda, Tre and Judy! We all had so much fun. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Right about now my Dad has been up since about 3 or 4am. He is sitting on the couch watching the Thanksgiving parade. My mom is running around the house cooking, cleaning, baking, cleaning, entertaining anyone that is over and up and cleaning. We had planned on going to my parents but the airfare was INSANE and we didn't want to drive because we weren't sure how Elinor would do on a drive that far. This will most likely be the last holiday my family spends together before my parents move. I'm so sad I'm missing it but thanks to facetime I will get to see everyone.

Right now, we are on our way to have Thanksgiving with our friends. We had planned on staying home but they invited us to come over for a fully vegan meal. I'm excited but I am missing the parade. My dad every year sits and watches it while we all come in and out doing our own things. By the end we all end up in the room to see Santa. Even the years I've been alone or just with Dave we have done the same. I'm hoping when we get there I can find somewhere online to watch a little of it with Elinor. It's funny what little traditions families have that stick with you.

Do you know how hard it was finding a "my first thanksgiving" shirt is size 12 months?? I ended up finding this one at Old Navy 2 days ago in the sale section. It was the only one at all. I've been looking since Halloween! 

Also Happy Birthday to my Sister!! Hope mom and dad put candles in the turkey for you. Love you!