Thanksgiving 2011

It's always such a big day, isn't it? Today was a huge day filled with fun and family, starting off - as always - pretty early. Why's that? Because Mommy has to get up in the wee hours of the morning to start things off with the cookin'!

Daddy and Madison were helping as best they could, and when the Thanksgiving Day Parade came on, it was time to watch the computer!

There's Mickey giving us a salute in his captain's hat. That's a little foreshadowing for you there... Anyway, this is the live feed from a website, which works find for us - we get to see the balloons, the floats and hear the bands too. Madison sat on Daddy's knee and watched the parade go by, occasionally getting up to set things up for the family to come over. Slowly, the smell of Thanksgiving was filling the entire house - what an aroma!

Here's Madison's creation: Google offered a turkey that you could dress up and change feather colors. She changed the shoes and the hat - and there you go: Madison's turkey.

But this one here looks a whole lot tastier, doesn't it?

Ye-Ye, Nana, and Great Grandma came by, and soon it was time for dinner! Okay, so we didn't eat that quickly... but it sure does look good, doesn't it? Mommy outdid herself once again with a spectacular feast. But before that, it was time for a piano recital!

Madison performed for everyone in the great room a few piano favorites, like "Sugar Cookies" and "Hide and Seek." She also handed out the instruments and made us all members of the orchestra, leading us in a stirring rendition of "Knickerbocker's Band." It was a marvelous!

It was time to eat afterwards, and socialize, and lounge about talking about different things - in other words, it was a perfect Thanksgiving. Mommy made it one not to forget!

There was a little bit of rest time after Ye-Ye and Nana left with Great Grandma, and then... it's time for the next Thanksgiving tradition: a night at the movies!

Off to the movies, all of us! It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights.

"Maniacal laugh... maniacal laugh... maniacal laugh..."

-Tex Richman