Thanksgiving! Despite some pretty harsh restrictions on gathering and a whole lot of things being closed right now, we had a fantastic Thanksgiving. It was just a really nice, mellow, relaxing weekend full of great food and fun. Because most of our family lives out of state and we usually have only a couple of extra days for the holiday, this year wasn't that different in a lot of aspects. I've made Thanksgiving dinner for just our little crew lots of times, but usually we start the day with a Turkey trot race. We went ahead and did our own, donning silly headbands and warm gear, we ran a 5k at the park down the road and called it good! Dawson ran about half of it (in and out of the jogger), and Beckett scootered. We also watched some of the Macy's day parade while I hit the kitchen. Usually we miss most of it because by the time we get home from a race, it's over. Bonus! Pies this year were a little different. Normally, we would have included a giant Costco pumpkin pie, but because we had already finished one up the week before, we took a family vote for what we should have instead. The winners were Blueberry cream and apple, and although I personally was hoping for some pecan pie, the two victors were delicious.
Throughout the weekend, we worked on a new Mandolorian puzzle, and finished it! Woo-hoo! Somehow, it was missing 3 pieces, so we came to terms with that. Still fun though. Also, leftovers. Glorious, tasty, effortless leftovers. I would swear Thanksgiving dinner tastes better on day 2, but I might be biased since the lack of effort going into it might be swaying my vote. Normally, this weekend sometime we would start getting out Christmas decorations and the tree, but since this year isn't normal, we put it all up a couple of weeks ago! It's been nice actually, and we are all looking forward to Christmas break. This past weekend gave us a taste of what it will be and now we can't wait!
