Thanksgiving

For the past few years we've gone to Jersey to spend Thanksgiving with my family. This year my sister just had a baby so my parents were down at her house and we did Thanksgiving in Buffalo with Rachelle's family.

I usually get a little worried when we have to take Claire out of her cast-in-stone routine but she did great. The plan was to eat around 3:00 but life happened and we ended up eating around 4:30 instead. This worked out better for Claire anyway since she usually eats dinner at 5. I was hoping she would eat some of the holiday dinner food that we don't normally have, but not even close. The only thing she showed interest in was the cranberry sauce, and I think that was only because she thought it was jello. She pulled a face and spat it out as soon as she tried it. Well, at least she tried it.

We ended up leaving around 5:30 so we could get back for her bedtime. I was a little nervous that she would fall asleep in the car on the way home totally ruining bedtime but she was awake almost the whole time and in good spirits. I was impressed considering it was dark and she couldn't see anything.

The next day Rachelle's mom and sister came to town and babysat for us so we could see a movie. Her mom brought Thanksgiving leftovers which enabled me to make the most excellent t-day leftover sandwich for dinner.