Thanksgiving

I'm currently watching You've Got Mail (I've seen it about 500 times, but it's one of those movies that when it's on tv I just kind of have to watch it), so I figured this is as good a time as any to finally post about Thanksgiving. This year we got to go to my parents' house. We hadn't been there for a really long time since we usually stay with Shauna and Dan when we're in Columbus. It was nice to be at their house so we could see them for more than just a few hours.

The only assignment my Mom gave me for Thanksgiving dinner: green bean casserole. It became kind of a staple for me in college, and so now it's my responsibility to make it for every Thanksgiving that we're together. Since that's way too easy, I also volunteered to bring pies. Costco style. I'd like to think that I would have homemade them if I hadn't had to work on Tuesday, but no need to kid myself :)

Although this picture of me is not flattering in the least, it was the best one from a series of me trying to get Sydney to wear this cute turkey headband. It's also the one that best shows how she reacted to it: not good.

My family getting ready to dig in to the delicious spread!

Sydney especially loved the rolls, turkey, sweet potatoes (which were more like candy), and the pumpkin pie.

Sydney with Grandma and Grandpa.

One of the sweetest things that happened: while Spencer, Mom, and I played Scrabble, Sydney was just walking around the house. After a little while she went into the living room with my Dad. About 20 minutes later, we went in to find my Dad holding her, and she was just laying on his shoulder. He said she just let him hold her almost that whole time!

We also got to play lots of ping-pong, so altogether it was a very Happy Thanksgiving! Can't believe Christmas is in just a few weeks!!