This year we did what we always do for Thanksgiving - first we spent the actual night of Thanksgiving with Xander's Gigi and Pappu at their home in Mercer Island. On our way to dinner we picked up Great Nana and Papa Benezra and their cake. They thought they were bringing the only dessert, so they got a cake that took up most of the back seat... it was like we picked up three people to take to Thanksgiving.
Lots of other family was there including Auntie Selena, Uncle Jason, Auntie Samara, Uncle Jeremy, cousin Brian, Great Uncle Mark and Great Aunt Cindy with her Dad Hardy, Great Uncle Rob, Auntie Samara's Mom and her fiance Kevin. Xander got to spend at least a little bit of time with everyone, but he hadn't eaten that much before we got there so he was pretty fussy to start out. However, this meant he was hungry enough to try new things! He tried SO many things at Thanksgiving and he ate them all. Of course, after Thanksgiving he's refused to eat half of those same exact things, but at least we know he's tried them once.
We had a nice time feasting on traditional Thanksgiving dishes, good desserts, wine and quality time with the family. Xander really enjoyed himself, as did Mama and Dada.
On Saturday, we headed down to Yelm to celebrate the holiday with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma made sauerkraut and noodles with some other goodies and everyone enjoyed the meal. Xander was on pretty good behavior and didn't get freaked out when Katie did her usually scream session during the evening.
Xander spent some quality time on the couch with two of his favorite guys, and of course his Catch Me Kitty that we brought from home. We also brought his orange bucket (pre handle falling off) that Grandma had given him on a previous visit. He LOVES that bucket and subsequently all buckets now.
Here's a shot of Katie looking curious - we don't think she'd seen our camera before that day.
Perhaps the funniest and cutest part of the evening was when Xander discovered the ceiling fan. Grandma and Grandpa have a lot of ceiling fans in their house to help the heat from the pellet stove circulate around the house. When Grandpa turned on the one in the family room, Xander couldn't take his eyes off of it!
These photos don't do the experience justice, but Xander wanted to keep exploring and playing in the house while never taking his eyes off the fan - it proved to be a difficult but not impossible task.
At one point he would look up and start to track one of the blades with his eyes. We couldn't capture it in photos, but it was pretty cute to watch.
It is always fun to see the wonder in a child's eyes, and we think we did a pretty good job of capturing it here. Xander never stops surprising us and giving us that warm feeling inside by just being who he is - the cutest little boy we know!
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