New Traditions

Thanksgiving is a time for reflecting on all that we have to be thankful for, spending quality time with loved-ones, and creating new traditions while enjoying old ones. I hope everyone had a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends. We had such a nice day at our house yesterday. My mom and younger brother were able to come up. The kids and I made pilgrim hats and Native American feathers. I even convinced Will and Uncle Greggie to put the pilgrim hats on. So cute but I promised not to post any of the pictures.

I bought an apron for all of us to color. On the back we wrote the year and what Colin and Meli were thankful for. I plan to do this every year. Colin said he was thankful for his "whole family and toys". Meli just kept saying "Piglet". 

 I have so much fun dressing Meli. Poor girl. Even though I think she likes it...most of the time. Colin and Meli loved the crafts we did. We also made turkeys with the kids handprints. They turned out so cute. I say this so often, but I do love this age! Meli has her feathers on and her Thanksgiving necklace she made.

Sweet baby girl

 

Colin helped cook this year. He made his own dish of cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges and pecans. We got the recipe from Grandma Liz. It turned out delicious. Colin allowed the pecans but vetoed the walnuts. Since he was the chef, we went with it.

My cute little chef

It was so hard to get her to look at Will. I think Grammie is holding marshmallows behind his head.

I look so tired :(

Will and I took an old tradition from his childhood (drinking coffee after Thanksgiving dinner in a porcelain teacup - not that Will did that as a kid) and made it our own. 

 

What a beautiful and nice day.  I feel so blessed to have the sweetest, most loving husband, amazing friends, the two best moms a girl could ask for, the kindest brother and the cutest, sweetest kids!!! I am surrounded by so much love. The kids are so lucky to have a wonderful set of grandmas, grandpas, uncles and aunts.

 

 

~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~

The B Family