This morning, we loaded the car with food and folks, and headed to Opa and Grammy's house for Thanksgiving. When we explained this Thanksgiving plan to Karston, his first question was Opa and Grammy come here? (no, we're going to see them, and Mimi will come with us). When we started to explain that the rest of the immediate family would be there too, Karston jumped in, and Evan too? He really likes his cousin Evan now that he can run. When Karston was less sure on his feet, he preferred to play with Hayley, but now that he's older, he loves that Evan will jump on the trampoline for hours. Sure enough, Karston ran around after Evan all afternoon (who now accepts that his young cousin Karston is just plain going to follow him around), and they jumped on the trampoline.
A bonus to the typical Thanksgiving feast is that I didn't feel deprived by what I couldn't eat due to Cale's allergies to milk, soy, egg, and barley. I knew in advance that I couldn't eat any of the desserts, so I made a small batch of six cookies for myself. I had turkey (plain), stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans made plain especially by Grammy for me (*smile*), plain baked potato, and salad. My mother remembered that I couldn't have commercial salad dressing, so she brought some for me, so I didn't have to eat my salad plain. I have to admit, I didn't miss the creamed corn, marinated veggies, bread, or pies with everything that I could eat. (As long as there's salad, I'm probably happy anyway.) Grammy made a side of plain boiled new red potatoes for me (although the baked potatoes were safe for Cale's allergies too), but I didn't know that until I'd finished my baked potato. However, Cale was interested in potatoes from Mommy and Daddy, so we gave him some from our baked potatoes. He wanted to keep going, so we quickly peeled the red potatoes for him. What a hit! Cale like small potato quarters that he can hold and cram into his mouth! I don't think he's had potatoes before, but he sure likes them! (And they're not likely to be allergenic. I actually planned not to introduce new foods on the holiday weekend just to be sure we wouldn't need to go to the doctor.)
After we were all full, we adjourned to the comfy chairs of the living room for Hayley's birthday and general relaxation. Daddy handed Cale to Uncle Chip for what he expected would be a minute of knee bouncing. Cale fell in love with the DJ voice, and would look up adoringly at Chip when he spoke. Cale was having such a nice time on his uncle's knee that no one else wanted to hold him: those adoring gazes were priceless! So snuggly Cale fell asleep on Chip.
We thought we would get a nap for everyone when we got home, but it didn't happen. On the other hand, they both went to bed easily. And so should I! Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
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