This year Thanksgiving was with the O'Malley clan. My parents graciously suggested that if we were willing to host, they would bring most of the food, allowing Sean to keep to his regular schedule. We started the day out with coffee and cinnamon rolls. This was the first time Sean ever tried one and he seemed to like it. He was NOT a fan of waiting for them to be ready. He started fussing for them and hanging on to my leg when they came out of the oven and by the time he was in the highchair he was on the verge of losing it from the wait (we actually saw a tear roll down his face). Here is a video of Sean trying his very first taste of a cinnamon roll (which includes a bit of him waiting impatiently).
During Sean's nap we worked on getting the table ready, whipping up a sweet potato dish and of course, my favorite, the crescent rolls. When Sean woke up from his nap, he was a little shy but warmed up to everyone pretty quickly and we had a wonderful afternoon and evening.
At dinner, Sean refused to eat turkey, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, green jello or cranberry. Thankfully my family also brought over a ham, which Sean LOVED. He also, much like his Mama, couldn't get enough crescent rolls. He started a little game with Kerrigan, who was seated next to him. He would act like he was nicely offering some of his roll to her, then as soon as should would lean in to take it he would giggle and pull his hand away. He did this for quite a while. Personally, I thought it was adorable!
Sean had fun playing with everyone throughout the night as well. There was a cane there that Sean probably had the most fund with. I don't have a great picture of his fun with the cane, but the best of bunch are at the end of the pictures.
Sean had fun playing with everyone throughout the night as well. There was a cane there that Sean probably had the most fund with. I don't have a great picture of his fun with the cane, but the best of bunch are at the end of the pictures.
We like to pick out our tree early during the Advent season so we can enjoy it up a little longer before that little voice starts saying "it's time to take it down". As we have done in the past we drove over to the local high school and purchased it from the booster club. Their tree selection was excellent this year and I think the one we picked out is my favorite one we've ever had. We decided to change the location of the tree this year due to Mr. "I get into everything and would likely destroy the tree". We moved it downstairs and re-purposed his play yard as a tree yard. It was nice to have the tree right next to the fireplace but I missed having it upstairs near the window.
This was just a couple weeks after Sean officially started walking, and was our first opportunity to walk while holding his hand. It was so much fun for us! Here is a picture from our outing as well as the final product in the play yard next to the fireplace.
Well that was Thanksgiving. Hopefully more to come on a wonderful Holiday season soon!
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