Well, Thanksgiving was great this year. Elina and I did a lot of crafts to prepare for turkey day. She's at a fun age where she can really get into holidays. At school, she made this Thanksgiving turkey countdown calendar that had a certain number of feathers on it. So every day we'd write down something she was thankful for on one feather. We were trying to teach her the concept of thankfulness. I'd say things like, "We should be thankful for our beds. If we didn't have our beds then we wouldn't have a comfortable place to sleep." Some of the things she was thankful for were Cuddlebunny (he made the list and we didn't!), toys, jell-o, and kitchens. It was a random list, but she could back them all up if you asked her why she was thankful for something (J tested her on everything). And at our Thanksgiving dinner, she said she was thankful for candy. Predictable. =) Here's a pic of Tom the Thankful Turkey (for some reason he has fangs at the end of his beak)--
My parents didn't come to town until Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, so we didn't have our official Thanksgiving dinner until Saturday night. This was fine for us because it didn't matter which day we celebrated. But since we didn't want to cook twice and make a mess twice, we decided to eat out on the real Thanksgiving day. We chose Golden Corral and it was pretty good. We got our turkey and stuffing there and we didn't have to wash a single dish. Nice.
Then on Friday night we went downtown to the Riverwalk to watch the annual Holiday River Parade and Lighting Ceremony. We went last year and had a blast, so we decided we had to go again! It's a parade on the river with floats, but it's just a cheesy thing to do to get into the holiday spirit (but we have lots of fun). Plus, I love the Riverwalk in the winter because there are less people, the weather's nicer, and the lights make it look beautiful. Eli and B stayed home since it would be WAY past Eli's bedtime. So it was just me, J, Elina, and my parents. Some of the floats were more entertaining than others. A memorable one was a float full of these dancing ladies dressed up as cats.
Other favorites were the HEB float with the HEBuddy on it (only moms here know how "exciting" that is!)and the Chick-Fil-A float with cows on it (people really cheered for this one!).
Unfortunately, this year the parade dragged a little. For some odd reason, there was too much lag time in between floats. Last year things went smoothly and we were out of there pretty quickly. This year we got home pretty late. Elina started fading toward the end of the parade. She wasn't responding to the floats or to anyone else. After we buckled her into her car seat and got out of the parking lot, she said, "Mommy, you're an adult." I said, "Yes, you're right." Then she said, "Mommy, A's an adult." And I said, "Yes, she is." 30 seconds later we looked back and she was already passed out! Then when we got home, we took her into her room and changed her clothes and she was still out. Wow! We've never seen her that tired before. Needless to say, we were glad we left Eli at home.
Our Thanksgiving dinner went well. Elina helped decorate our turkey cupcakes with candy corn feathers. The turkeys turned out cute...although some of them looked like they could use some help. The turkey in the front looks like it desperately needs help, while one of the turkeys in the back looks Asian. 
All in all, a great turkey day with family!
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