Thanksgiving in Retrospect

I think my favorite part of Thanksgiving is watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year Sophie was really into watching the parade too. She loved watching all of the dancers,bands, and huge helium balloons - namely Snoopy and Dora. Of course Santa was the biggest hit! Watching my daughter's face light up when she saw Santa waving to the crowd was a highlight of my day. It was so wonderful to cuddle on the couch and share one of my favorite Thanksgiving pastimes with my her. Aiden was there too of course, but he fell asleep halfway through.

It was such a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a delicious meal with my parents and two younger brothers - Aiden was a bit fussy so I held him on my lap and he grabbed a handful of mashed potatoes off of my plate, lol! The entire time he stared at all of the food on the table with wide eyes, but he had to settle for some sweet potatoes and corn baby food.

After dinner, my husband, brothers and I played a rousing game of Monopoly. I knew from the get go that it was going to be bad for me. Everyone else had at least three properties before I landed on the first one that was available for me to buy. Oh well, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. (Of course, I always want to win!!) Sophie wanted to play, so we gave her a game piece and some money, and she had a great time moving from space to space and building houses, lol!

This year, Thanksgiving was perfect - from the parade in the morning to the late night leftovers before bed. I was so happy to celebrate with my family and reflect on everything that we have to be thankful for. Yes, life is good.