Happy Thanksgiving (late)

We celebrated Thanksgiving a week early in Davidson and Huntersville, NC. We drove up Friday morning (actually left early enough but still arrived late). We stopped on the way up at Tanger Outlet Mall and got sucked in. We ended up spending about an hour at the Nike Outlet and Jacade bought Millie some cute sneakers and a jogging suit. We finally arrived in Davidson, in time for dinner, which was so yummy. Ryan had been waiting patiently for Millie to arrive and after dinner, the fun began! They played and played and played some more. They chased each other and played peek-a-boo and played with toys together. Needless to say, Ryan wasn't ready to go home - he wanted to spend the night with Millie.

On Saturday, Millie stayed home with Mops and Pops while Jacade and I went to RaceWorld USA in Cornelius. We had a good time and it was just fun to be adults again. We then went to Birkdale at Huntersville and shared a hot chocolate from Starbucks and just walked around. We went to BabyGap and Jacade fell in love with some clothes for Millie (we didn't get her any, not yet, anyways). We then went to Williams-Sonoma and sampled some of the goodies there and tried on different lotions.

In the meantime, Millie, Mops and Pops walked to the playground in their neighborhood, even though it was a little chilly. Mom said that she had the best time playing on all of the playground equipment. On the way back home, Millie walked most of the way back but then stopped, held up her arms and was ready to ride in the stroller. She was tired... They got home and Millie took a much-deserved nap.

Alexa (Lexi), Chris and Ryan arrived, after a day full of birthday parties, for our Thanksgiving feast. For the past couple of years, my mom has put together a Thanksgiving skit, complete with costumes, songs and other activities. The costumes consist of t-shirts, headbands and feathers for the Indians and white felt capes for the Pilgrims. And every year, Tom, Lexi and Jacade are Pilgrims and Chris, Ryan and Rebecca, and now Millie, are Indians. And Mom, since she is the director, she says, doesn't have to wear anything.

So, everyone put on their respected outfits and I decided to present Mom with a piece of clothing, all her own. It was perfect for the director! It was a homemade turkey leg headband, that she wore proudly! We all laughed and cut up but it seriously, was perfect. We usually go out in the front yard, but this year, Mom said it was too cold to go out. I think it was because she didn't want everyone to see her wearing something really ridiculous! Either way, we still had a good time. Millie wasn't sure about the headband and the feather, so she lost the feather and wore the headband around her neck. Hey, she is starting a new fashion, as we speak!

We then performed the skit well, took some pictures and then it was TIME TO EAT! We all enjoyed a great feast and great conversations. Millie and Ryan played some more and again, Ryan wasn't ready to go home.

On Sunday morning, we went to Lexi's house for brunch (yummy again!) And Millie was loaded up with toys from Ryan. Thank you so much, Lexi. We packed the truck down (I should say, Jacade, Chris and Tom packed the truck). We took some pictures and then had to say our good-byes. It was hard to leave, but we knew we had to get on the road.

Jacade stopped by the mall on the way home to look at something and came out with clothes from....yes, you guessed it....BabyGap. What can he say - he just loves to buy Millie clothes. We got on the road finally, and took a break for a few minutes at the Tanger Outlet Mall to return the sneakers and jogging outfit (after all, we had just bought her more clothes - we didn't need to spend the extra money).

We then made another stop in Smyrna to see Nana and Papa. Millie was excited to see them and to take a break. We all ate dinner and I gave Millie a bath so all we had to do when we got home was put her in the bed. That was a big help.

So, all in all, it was a fantastic Thanksgiving (a week early). It was great to visit and hang out and talk.