That's it. I didn't cook anything else! I also didn't set the table or clean or organize! To be honest, it felt a little like I was being lazy.
We headed up to Rocklin on Thanksgiving morning. We wanted to avoid the mass exodus from the valley the night before. It worked, and we got there in about 3 hours. We had a great time talking with Jeff, Gina, their kids, and Gina's parents, Pete and Souki. Anna had so much fun playing with all the kids there. In fact, I don't think we really saw her after we got there except for nap time, dinner, and when she spilled the bubbles on her head. Otherwise, she was running around outside.
Dinner was great! Scott, Kim, and their kids showed up around 4:30 with a bunch of food. Pete, Jeff, and Brendon were in charge of the turkeys. We had 3! Here's the menu- vegetable platter, a fruit and vegetable slaw, green salad, fruit salad, homemade rolls, sweet potato casserole, and green beans. I'm sure there was more, I just can't remember. For dessert, there were little personal sized pies, a cream pie, pumpkin pie, and chocolate pecan pie. We discovered that Matthew LOVES pomegranate seeds. He wouldn't stop stuffing them in his mouth until I took them away and hid them.
We stayed in Rocklin until Saturday afternoon. Mostly, we just talked with everyone and let Anna and Matthew play. I made it to a Black Friday sale at JoAnne's and Jeff, Gina, Scott, and Kim took us out to a Mongolian grill to celebrate Steve's birthday. Gina and I also went shopping at the local kids consignment store- it's almost developing into a tradition.
It was a rocky couple of nights with Matthew. He just doesn't like anything to be different when he sleeps. It always throws him off. I was glad to be home, just so we could get him back into his groove. We had such a good time.
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