A good day

Today was Thanksgiving, and we all had a really good day. I went over to Daddy's and had breakfast with him. We decided on the things we were going to cook and take to Dewey's for dinner. Daddy was busy making green beans and putting two bags of vanilla wafers in a jar for Julia! She and Daddy love their Vanilla Wafers! Then, I came home and started cooking. I made macaroni and cheese, sweet potato souffle', black eyed peas, and deviled eggs. Oh, and I also made a chocolate cake shaped like a sunflower. The icing was yummy buttercream with chocoloate chips in the center of the sunflower. I made a delicious pumpkin bread, also. We had a great time.

Saramina, Amy G., Mina, and Leigh came over, and we had a great visit. We always enjoy being with them. Amy and Leigh were here for Thanksgiving. They live in the Florida Keys.

Little Dewey, 3D, is walking!! I was so surprised. He was not walking the other day - well a few steps at a time - but now he can walk across the floor to wherever he needs to go. He also gets down and crawls, but he is trying to walk all the time.

Julia is so pretty. She wore her backpack and was Dora all day, taking people on Bentures! Let's go on a Benture, she kept saying. Amy went with her on one adventure, but she can't tell us where they went. It is a secret. Julia was Dora for Halloween, and she had her little purple Dora backpack full of stuff, including a "map". The map was really a piece of cardboard from a toy that Rebecca gave her to use. Rebecca was an Astnawt, and she goes up in space!! She was wearing a laundry basket over her head, and I couldn't figure out why. Then when Dora explained the Astnawt thing, I understood. HA! So, Dora and her astronaut friend took people on adventures all over the house today.

We were missing a few people today, though.
Adam and Vicky went to Florida and Kate and Kane went to Alabama, but everyone else was there. Rachel and Don had three Thanksgiving visits - one to his mom's house, one to his dad's house, and one to be with all of us at Dewey and Ellen's house. WHEW! Lauren and Thomas made the rounds with her folks and ours, too.

We all had a great time, and I hope all of you did, too.