Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Grandma and Pap-Pap W's. Before we left, I peeled carrots and cut the ends off green beans, and Keira cheered me on: "Great job, Mommy! Keep going!! Go, Mommy, go! You're really good at cutting green beans!!" Perhaps she'll be a motivational speaker someday. She also took time out from her cheerleading to call Grandma W. on a green bean "phone" to let her know we were almost ready to leave:


Totally her idea. I did not do any drugs while I was pregnant with her, either.

This week marked Uncle Nicholas' move back to Where We Live, after a 3 1/2 year stint in Somewhere On the Complete Opposite Side of the Country. Keira was shy for a grand total of about 5 minutes; now they're best friends, and I hear he helped her plant an M&M in Grandma & Pap-Pap's back yard. If there isn't an M&M tree growing back there the next time we come over, their friendship might hit a rough patch...good luck, Uncle Nick!


Ellie enjoyed a taste of pumpkin pie--I mean, Nutritious Baby Food...


...and then proceeded to charm her way into the laps and hearts of all the men in the family:






And what did Bear and I do? We ate. And ate. And ate. (Well, that last one was mostly just me.) Uggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.



Happy Thanksgiving!