nksgiving when everyone else did. I'm just waaaay behind!We went over the St. Croix River and through a lot of woods to Grandma & Grandpa Klicka's for the holiday. The drive was marginally better than other long drives with Charlie, but I'll be optimistic and call it progress.
This post is titled as it is because Zach had quite the cough as we approached Thanksgiving (vetted by the doctor as "just" a cold). He had the generous holiday spirit and shared it, fortunately with just one person. Unfortunately,
that person was Charlie. :( But they did ok, even sleeping reasonably well considering they weren't in their own beds and were in the same room!We spent Thanksgiving day with my parents and my brother and his family. The day started off well with a Packer win, followed by a great meal (check out Chase's turkey leg!), and then some non-traditional gift-giving! That's right, not only did we give thanks with my family, we also gave Christmas gifts. We're off to see Scott's family in December, so we decided to do our gift-giving early, to Zach's great delight.
It was very fun to watch Zach open his presents - he was absolutely thrilled with everything. He could barely sit still in his excitement! He has since taken the Mario "guys" he got from my parents to show 'n tell at school (and just about everywhere else he goes), and one day he declared that he was "so thankful" for his new Mario Super Sluggers Wii game, and he was never going to play any other game.
Charlie, not too surprisingly, showed limited interest in the unwrapping process, but he loved all his new loot. He is fascinated with kid-sized furniture, so one of his gifts was some chairs to go with the little table we already have. He climbed right on, and since then he's only fallen off a few times!
Also to Zach's great delight was lots of playtime with his cousins (Chase is 7, Sophie 5). They get along great; it's always amazing to see how they just start playing like they saw each other yesterday. Lots of wrestling, Wii playing, car driving, bike-riding, book-reading, you name it.
We visited my aunt, uncle, and various cousins on Friday. Once again, we got to view how easily kids bond. My cousin Julie was in town from Virginia; her son Spencer is essentially the same age as Zach. This was probably the 3rd time these two boys have ever laid eyes on each other, including once when they were babies. But within minutes, they were wrestling with tremendous enthusiasm:
Some more shots from our fun weekend:
We hope your Thanksgiving was also filled with blessings to be thankful for.
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