Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very happy Thanksgiving, and hope you did, too!

That morning, Jan and I officially made the Thanksgiving Day walk a tradition by doing it for the second straight year...and we beat our time, too!  We had fun freezing our butts off out there!


While mama was away, daddy and Lucy were busy with our famous turkey cookies - they baked them and gave them eyes and I got to help with the finishing touches when I got home.

Our picky eater turned her nose up at most of the Thanksgiving feast offerings at Granny's house that afternoon but she had her fill of rolls (and acting silly with them):

Crazy sparkly turkey outfit from GranJan

She had fun with her cousins playing at Granny and Great-Grandpa's house on Thursday.

On Saturday we had a second celebration - at Grandma and Troy's house!
She didn't improve upon her eating but again, had a great time.


Cute Gap dress found at Once Upon a Child



That weekend, Lucy and I went to McDonald's where she had her first ever happy meal!  She was pretty pumped to find a prize in her lunch!  We went into the play area after we ate but she's still a little too timid to climb up inside (though she enjoys running around in there and "hiding" from me at times).  She knew exactly what to do when she saw the cubby at the entrance - she took her shoes off right away and stuck them inside.

On the day after Thanksgiving, we put up our Christmas decorations!



We even put up a little tree in her room this year!



Christmas cuties

Our elf on the shelf made his debut and Lucy chose to name him EJ...
We read the story and tried to explain what he was here for but the mention of Santa potentially setting foot into her house makes her a little nervous...

Some of EJ's antics:

She never got totally into the whole elf thing...finding him was never very exciting to her and she seemed scared to touch him.  Usually once she spotted him, she pointed him out and told us, "Put him back!"  His usual perch was on the entertainment stand so he could watch over her and she always wanted him to get back to where he belonged.

One morning, EJ was hiding in her shoe...and apparently Lucy was NOT in the mood for his sh*t...that was a brutal morning.  EJ's hiding spot put Lucy in a MOOD and the rest of the morning (finishing getting ready, getting out the door, drop off at school) was no fun at all and EJ never hid again...maybe next year things will be a bit different...


Daddy's outdoor decorations made her happy, though!