Thanksgiving was so so good this year. It was a very slow day followed by an amazing meal with family and lots of relaxation.
Tyler and I both ended up waking up early on Thanksgiving morning and enjoyed a few moments of quiet and darkness before the kids were up. This is very rare for us because usually take turns getting up with the kids when he is off. It works out nice because someone gets an extra half hour to hour of sleep, but we definitely miss out on some sweet quality time in the morning.
We had our traditional cinnamon rolls for breakfast and got ready to watch the Macy parade. The kids LOVE watching it (Ryder for the balloons, Rilyn for the dancing, and Sawyer was excited by it all). Actually they were all really excited to see Santa at the end also. It was such a nice day out though that we did have them go outside about halfway through to play and they made it in just in time to see Santa.
Everyone got naps and then we got ready to head to Grandma Decker's for dinner. They had lots of cousins to play with and good food to eat so everyone was happy and we brought home some very tired kiddos.
We did take a quick drive through Castle Rock though because the town is lit with Christmas lights and we don't get into town often when it's dark. Such a sweet ending to our night.
The whole month of November we were really thoughtful to practice gratitude. The kids are pretty good at this as we have done it every year and they enjoy coming up with things other than the usuals to be thankful for. We usually talked about it at meal time because our leaves hang next to our table so Sawyer almost always said whichever food we were eating, but the other two put a lot of thought into their responses. We didn't always write them down, but did paint some leaves with watercolors for recording our responses. It's always such a fun tradition for us!
Tyler and I both ended up waking up early on Thanksgiving morning and enjoyed a few moments of quiet and darkness before the kids were up. This is very rare for us because usually take turns getting up with the kids when he is off. It works out nice because someone gets an extra half hour to hour of sleep, but we definitely miss out on some sweet quality time in the morning.
We had our traditional cinnamon rolls for breakfast and got ready to watch the Macy parade. The kids LOVE watching it (Ryder for the balloons, Rilyn for the dancing, and Sawyer was excited by it all). Actually they were all really excited to see Santa at the end also. It was such a nice day out though that we did have them go outside about halfway through to play and they made it in just in time to see Santa.
Everyone got naps and then we got ready to head to Grandma Decker's for dinner. They had lots of cousins to play with and good food to eat so everyone was happy and we brought home some very tired kiddos.
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