Thanksgiving: the trilogy

We had a very happy Thanksgiving, indeed!

Not only did we have three different celebrations this year, but we were lucky enough that they were all on separate days!

On Thanksgiving day, Lucy and I had planned to walk in the Turkey Day Race with Auntie Ema and GranJan, but sleepy little Lucygirl was still snoozing with her daddy so we ditched her...


We did the 6.2 miles in an hour and 40 minutes (with a bathroom break!) and were very pleased with ourselves and have vowed to make this a new tradition.

Later that day it was time to get ready and go to my Granny's house for dinner.

Looking cute...and she knows it!



Our family: Thanksgiving #1



Time to eat!

As usual, it took Lucy a little while to warm up when we first got there...she preferred to stay on my lap and take in the sights (32 people, lots of noise, tons of food, plenty of toys, etc.) for about a half an hour.  Soon enough she was digging into the toy box and once she spotted the high chair, it was "Me!  Eat!" repeatedly until we put her in the chair.

Once secured in her seat, she was ready!  Luckily I had come prepared with an applesauce cup for her because just as my grandpa began the prayer, Lucy started to get quite vocal...nothing a little applesauce couldn't fix!

I'd also brought her a fruit cup and by the time I made her a plate with the Thanksgiving staples, she was signalling "all done" - sigh...so we let her down after she ate ONE green bean, a scoop of corn and a tiny piece of turkey...

She had a great time playing with her friend Cleo as well as with Lucia, and - once the Readnours arrived - Lilly.

I found her giraffe print dress at the Gymboree outlet in Monroe quite awhile ago...maybe a year or longer ago, in fact, and knew right away it would make perfect Thanksgiving attire...the leg warmers were scored on ebay more recently.

What a great day!

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Thanksgiving #2 came on Saturday...time to go to Grandma and Troy's house...all day, all Lucy could talk about was Amy and "dog" (Aunt Amy's dog, Lola).

  



Our Family: Thanksgiving #2

We had a good time relaxing at Grandma's house and Lucy knew she was the star of the show...she ran around like she owned the place and was sweet to Troy and to Great Grandma (and Amy and Grandma, of course)!

At dinner, we had more of the same story from Thursday...I'd brought a pouch "just in case" but she spotted it and demanded it...and that was basically all she ate...she asked for bread and asked me to cut it in half but I don't think she ever even took a bite...I think she managed to send down one little bite of turkey before she was "all done" and wanted down...

Later in the night, Troy was having some Jell-o...or at lease he thought he was going to have some Jell-o...instead, he ended up spoon-feeding two bowlsful to my crazy little gal...

I got her Happy Thanksgiving t-shirt on sale at Old Navy recently and the skirt was on clearance at Target...I had to make a last minute additional Old Navy run when I realized we did not have tights to match...but she ended up looking as super-cute as ever!

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Our final Thanksgiving was on Sunday with the Stallkamps...and in true Stallkamp fashion, there wasn't a turkey in sight...pizza, baby!  And just to prove she's my child, it was the first "Thanksgiving feast" Lucy actually sat and scarfed down!  I'm pretty sure Uncle Jeff (and maybe some others) would disown her if she didn't like pizza...so I am proud to say my girl's a definite pizza lover!



Our family: Thanksgiving #3



Playing with her baby...and cousin Julie



She ran around this place like she owned it, too, having a blast!

My cousin Amy found her Notre Dame shirt at the Gap Outlet!  Great find!

She's had the denim skirt (from Old Navy) and the football leg warmers (which are getting a little short and probably need to be retired) and she looked mighty cute (as always)!

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