Thanksgiving 2008

I can't tell you how many injuries the kids have sustained in the last 5 days. With 5 extra people in the house, you would think we as a tribe could keep 3 kids from bumping their soft heads, but no. J Frog has a black eye this evening and Missy had 3 bruises fanning across her forehead like some bizarre reverse turkey. LR just came down with another cold causing him to miss 2 more days of school. This time he knew it was a school day and just about cried when I told him he couldn't go. Had we made a trip to the ER it would have been reminiscent of another Thanksgiving when my Aunt L was cleaning the electric knife and just about took her finger clean off! Nothing quite so dramatic here, but the kids are getting increasingly accident prone as they grow more adventurous.

Papa and Grandma Nese showed up first and LR got to hang out in the cockpit of Papa's new plane for a few minutes when they arrived. He didn't seem too interested in pushing all the colorful buttons on the dashboard and for that, Papa was thankful. The next day Aunt K and her boyfriend T arrived. The babies got a little overwhelmed and Missy couldn't help but cry every time Papa or T smiled at her. J Frog, however, was happy to get so much attention. Smiles and cuddles all around. LR was pretty content as well with so many playmates.

There was lots of good food and great company. More photos to come.