(Black) Friday Update!

(American) Family Thanksgiving Dinner

It is Black Friday today - something that has taken new meaning since being in the States. There are, apparently, a whole lot of deals I'm missing out on today (and we are very close to some MEGA shopping).  I'm OK with that.  What that also means, however, is that yesterday was American Thanksgiving - a very big deal here!  So we got on board and had our own little family turkey dinner.  As you can see, Juniper and I put on fancy dresses and "jewels", we decorated the house, and we now have enough leftover turkey to last for the next decade or so. Here are some of the decorations:

I love these… leaves and other seasonal nature items stuck between mactac.  Brilliant.

A turkey.  Obviously.

Annnnddd… another turkey. Turkey crafts are very popular this time of year.

Our myriad of centrepieces.  I arranged the obvious berry branches one, but Juniper was the creative genius behind the other three.

And here are a few other shots from the week:

On the dock at Sphor gardens

Snack time (Spohr Gardens again)

Collecting items for the centrepieces (Beebe Woods)

Pausing by the mossy tree (Beebe Woods)

"Our Squirrel Army is Watching You". Odd, and more than a little creepy. (Beebe Woods)

Some of the older beech trees have faces carved into them in Beebe Woods.  I'm curious if is this was pre- or post-Game of Thrones.  Still - it is more than a little disturbing.

Manning the submarine at the Children's Museum

Juniper's favourite part of the Children's Museum:  getting to dress up as an "astronaut firefighter"

And finally: what is a post these days without a couple of potty-time pictures?  The latest buzz around here is that Linden now officially a toilet pooper.  No diaper pooping in weeks. You have no idea how this improves our general quality of life.  And though he still requests privacy every time he sits down, he makes two exceptions:

Group potty time.  Linden always claims the toilet, but Juniper is happy to sit on the potty and read to him.

Helping teddy learn a thing or two

And that's it for this week.  Happy end of November!