I hope you and your families had a wonderful holiday!
This pretty much sums up our week:
Side note: I love Pinterest. And Instagram. But is this the best photo I can pull off my Instagram account? Tips, please!
The Mr. and I hosted our first Thanksgiving for both sides of the family when a majority (3/4) of my family flew into town from Texas. The weather was unusually warm which gave us more options than usual... not that many took advantage of the weather... apparently leaving the couch is hard when football is on... ALLLLLLLLLLLLL day.
The food was plentiful, the drinks were flowing, and the Van Gogh exhibit is in town! MOB saved the day (deja vu?) when a headache had me down and out for the count on the crucial day-before-Thanksgiving but we made up for that on the day-after-Thanksgiving with jewelry shopping, manis, pedis, martinis, and Van Gogh. Doesn't get much better than that.
Pugsley had some good bonding time with his grandparents and Uncle Joe. He was so overwhelmed by the attention, the bones and the extra walks that he tried to burrow into their bed each and every night that they were in town. That's love.
Pumpkin Trifle!!!
The chalkboard was probably my most favorite, unexpected decorative element to the Thanksgiving celebration. The Mr. and I started the drawings before our house guests arrived but the section under "Menu" was left blank. Apparently that was too much teasing for my parents to handle. We came home to silly names, an amazing Haiku and football trivia to hint at the meal to come. Can you tell my parents don't like brussels sprouts?!
The out-of-town visitors were dropped at the airport this morning so our little family is recovering and reclaiming our space. Anyone want to come do laundry for me?
PS. Thanks for coming to town, oh parents of mine! David - we missed you :(
