Happy Thanksgiving

Pictured from top to bottom: Alex, Madeline, Jonathan, Michael, Leigh, Subbu, Daniel, Me, Erin, Melissa, Joe, and Anna.

In our family, Thanksgiving is king. Since we don't celebrate Christmas, my mom has taken Thanksgiving to another level. The entire family (both sides) gets together in my mom's house and she pulls out all of the stops. She even goes as far as to say that her decorations are going to be my inheritance. But I digress.

This was the first Thanksgiving since the mid 80s that we have had really young kids there. And, at our house, the kids table is IT. Of course, until now, our "kids" table was comprised mostly of people in their 20s and 30s, but it was definately the place to be. Despite being in the family room, if someone got up for a second helping, an older generation person would swoop in to get a few seconds at the kids table. Ithink it made them feel young.

Unfortunately, we just don't have as many elderly (or as my grandma calls them olderly,) as we used to. And so now, the kids table has had a bit of an upgrade. We moved right into the dining room, and even into the dining room table--this was big!

Seeing the babies there was so refreshing. Poor baby Laila was quiet because she was not feeling well and Maddy was not on her best behavior, but Anna really kept the family entertained for hours! She is so cute. At the end of the night, as per usual, we took our kids picture on the steps. Absent are Laila and Jeremy, who had to leave early because Laila was not feeling well. Maddy is in her carrier because she and Alex were on their way home for bedtime.

We ended up hanging out at my mom's long after dinner was over telling old family stories (one or two I hadn't heard, but mostly just the usual ones) and laughing. When we get together, there is always a lot of laughter. I hope everyone had as nice a Thanksgiving as our family!