We hosted Mark's family for Thanksgiving this year -- a first for me and Mark! Mark studied and contemplated how he would make the turkey for several weeks and finally settled on a brine that Alton Brown recommended. I have to say -- it was delicious! Here are photos of the from start to finish.
A photo of the kid's table ... they didn't sit still for very long! Sorry for Simon's 'see-food.'
After lunch, it was time for a concert. Lily, Braylee and Simon had so much fun making music together! It was their idea to pull the chairs from the kitchen to the living room.
I ordered several crafts for us to do. Only one craft was opened -- the little kids really seemed to enjoy putting stickers on the Christmas trees.
Simon concentrates so much when working on a project.
After everyone left that day, we decided to go ahead and put up the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, Simon had a late nap, and a short one at that. You can see what he thought about putting up the tree.
But things got better when we gave him his Mickey Mouse ornament to hang on the tree. He's already broken the ornament twice. And it's been moved around the tree to a new location about 6 times.
By the time we were ready to add the star to the top of the tree, Simon had found his Christmas spirit.
With the colder weather, it reminded me that it was time to try on the sweater my Grandma made for Simon. So glad we did! The body fits him perfectly and the sleeves can be rolled up. Doesn't he look handsome?
Notice Simon's longer hair in the photo above. We tried to let it grow out to see if it would curl. It didn't. It just got more and more wavy and kind of fuzzy around the edges. So last night, Mark gave him a haircut. The two photos below were taken on Monday night. Sorry Papaw Ailor ... the long hair is gone. I wanted to put it in a baggy for you but Mark vetoed that idea.
Isn't he a sweetheart with his 'cheese' smile?!
I think that Simon really enjoyed his first Thankgiving. He especially liked playing with his cousins and his Uncle Scott. We'd like to thank Uncle Scott (insert sarcasm here) for teaching Simon the word "gross." At least 5 times a day, Simon will say "Uncle Scott says gross" and wipe his cheek when we give him kisses. The good thing is that Simon loves all of his aunts, uncles and cousins -- even when they teach him questionable things. : ) And we're grateful that so many people love Simon as much as we do. We're really excited to celebrate Christmas as a family of three. And as you can see from the stockings (or 'boots' as Simon says) hung on the fireplace, we're already really excited to add another little one to our family -- hopefully by next Christmas!
A photo of the kid's table ... they didn't sit still for very long! Sorry for Simon's 'see-food.'
After lunch, it was time for a concert. Lily, Braylee and Simon had so much fun making music together! It was their idea to pull the chairs from the kitchen to the living room.
I ordered several crafts for us to do. Only one craft was opened -- the little kids really seemed to enjoy putting stickers on the Christmas trees.
Simon concentrates so much when working on a project.
After everyone left that day, we decided to go ahead and put up the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, Simon had a late nap, and a short one at that. You can see what he thought about putting up the tree.
But things got better when we gave him his Mickey Mouse ornament to hang on the tree. He's already broken the ornament twice. And it's been moved around the tree to a new location about 6 times.
By the time we were ready to add the star to the top of the tree, Simon had found his Christmas spirit.
With the colder weather, it reminded me that it was time to try on the sweater my Grandma made for Simon. So glad we did! The body fits him perfectly and the sleeves can be rolled up. Doesn't he look handsome?
Notice Simon's longer hair in the photo above. We tried to let it grow out to see if it would curl. It didn't. It just got more and more wavy and kind of fuzzy around the edges. So last night, Mark gave him a haircut. The two photos below were taken on Monday night. Sorry Papaw Ailor ... the long hair is gone. I wanted to put it in a baggy for you but Mark vetoed that idea.
Isn't he a sweetheart with his 'cheese' smile?!
I think that Simon really enjoyed his first Thankgiving. He especially liked playing with his cousins and his Uncle Scott. We'd like to thank Uncle Scott (insert sarcasm here) for teaching Simon the word "gross." At least 5 times a day, Simon will say "Uncle Scott says gross" and wipe his cheek when we give him kisses. The good thing is that Simon loves all of his aunts, uncles and cousins -- even when they teach him questionable things. : ) And we're grateful that so many people love Simon as much as we do. We're really excited to celebrate Christmas as a family of three. And as you can see from the stockings (or 'boots' as Simon says) hung on the fireplace, we're already really excited to add another little one to our family -- hopefully by next Christmas!
1 comment:
Wendi, I love these photos! He is so sweet. Putting the star on top of the tree is probably the cutest photo I've seen! Hope all is well!
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