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Let go of my drumstick

Let go of my drumstick
Photo-A-Day #1329

Today was Thanksgiving and we had a very nice day. Eva and Allison and I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And we got Rick Rolled like the rest of you. That was pretty funny too.

Eva had a very pretty purple velvet dress that her Mimi got her, from Macy’s ironically enough. We listened to Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant at noon on WROR as is the Thanksgiving Day tradition. We were visited by my grandparents on my Dad’s side and shared our meal with Erik’s parents Bonnie and Howard. Bonnie and Howard brought Eva a penguin that was just about as large as she. It is a Gund too and so it is wonderfully soft and squishy. To see Eva hug the penguin is a sight to behold. She just gets enveloped into the penguin.

We had a delicious dinner courtesy of my sister Tara. She got the whole thing from Whole Foods. My father and I got the drumsticks because that is the part that we like the best. The rest of the meal included all the traditional fixings and they were also very tasty.

Eva got to spend time with Aunt Shelby as well. She has a great time with Shelby too, you should see how she lights up and laughs around her. They have so much fun. My mom is going to be in trouble when she says “Where’s Aunt Shelby?” to Eva and Aunt Shelby is nowhere around. Eventually Eva is going to understand what that means and go in search for her and when she cannot find her and has a meltdown then that will be the last time she says that.

For dessert we had apple pie, pumpkin pudding pie, ice cream, cheesecake and of course the Pumpkin Pie, Gingerbread, White Chocolate, Caramel Ice Cream. That ice cream was delicious. I still have no name for it but I would certainly get it again as it tasted very much like pumpkin pie.

Later tonight we went to my Uncle Richard’s house for more dessert and to visit with my Grandparent’s on my Mom’s side. It was a nice day and we were able to see much of our family. Tomorrow we go and visit Allison’s family too.

Funny and Yet Sorta Sad

Funny and Yet Sorta Sad...
Photo-A-Day #1327

On the way to work yesterday I noticed this sign just as I was driving by. I thought it was funny and decided to make sure I got a shot of it on my way home from work today. This is a local liquor store that has crazy funny things going on all the time. They even have a myspace profile.

It is also kinda sad because Thanksgiving should be a nice time to spend with family but often it becomes an incredibly stressful event. Not making a judgment either way just hope that everyone has a nice Thanksgiving. I do think we’ve all thought about that sign once or twice, though.

Short post tonight because Eva will not sleep, she just keeps crying every time I put her down and when I pick her up she just latches on and won’t let go. I let her watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and she was memorized for a while then started playing. I tried putting her down again but she jut screamed. She never does this. But then again she does something every single day that she never does. The crying is getting more intense. Must go.