Happy Thanksgiving 2010

We had a good Thanksgiving this year - busy but good. It started that morning when we went to my parent's house for a brunch for those of our small group that were here for Thanksgiving. It was really fun to sit and chat with friends in the morning like that! The picture to the left is me and my friend Michelle that morning. Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of everyone else and only realized as I downloaded my pictures that I didn't get any of my parents! Need to do better with that. (Never did see the parade - first time in YEARS!! Must not be Christmas since I didn't see Santa enter!)

After the friends left, my mom got busy putting together the side dishes she was making to take to my aunt and uncle's house that afternoon. I put Ellie down for a nap and Ian, Josh and I sat down for a game of Scrabble. My parents ended up leaving us at their house to head to my aunt and uncle's while we finished our game and let Ellie finish her nap. They ended up starting to eat without us. I finally woke Ellie up so we could go before the food was gone! We had a nice evening with my dad's side of the family. All of my girl cousins and both aunts and uncles from that side of the family were there. (Pictures to the left are me, Ellie and Aniston - my cousin Jocelyn's daughter and my cousin Kristin with her hubby Robert). It was a nice relaxing way to spend the day. We had a little fire in the fire pit, munched on food and just enjoyed some time together. It really was nice getting to be with family for the holiday. All of the food was fabulous but I feel pretty good about the fact that I don't feel like I over ate. So much to be thankful for and really realizing what it means to be thankful even when things aren't going the way I would want!

Me and the kids - Thanksgiving 2010

Hey, Y'all - Date with Ian

Ian and I have, on occasion, watched the Paula Deen cooking show. Since we now live so close to her restaurant, The Lady and Sons, we've talked about going. Well, most of the time there is a line around the street to get in so we haven't done it, but with Ian being out of school this week I thought we should give it a try. Yesterday Ian and I headed down-town and arrived around 11:15. Not only did we find a parking spot on the street on the same block as the restaurant, we were able to walk right in and get a table! Thank you, Lord, for arranging it all for us! We had a table on the third floor so we had a view looking down at the street and did a little people watching. Saw quite a few people with cakes go by, still have no idea what that was about! Anyway, we debated on what to eat. We looked at the menu for a while to see if we'd rather get something from the menu or just have the buffet. We finally both opted for the buffet. (Next time, though, I think I'm going to try the chicken pot pie - it looked really good). It was just good ole Southern cooking and I really enjoyed the creamed corn. Ian was so funny as he got two salads!! I said, "Ian, you know all they had to do was chop up some veggies for your salad, they didn't cook anything." He said, "The blue cheese is homemade!" With the buffet you got bread (they bring you a plate of a hoecake and cheddar/garlic roll as soon as you sit down) and dessert (they bring out a platter with different ones and you get to choose). I had the peach cobbler and Ian had chocolate chip gooey butter cake. He loved it - it was pretty tasty. After our lunch, we went to the shop to see what all was there. We had fun just looking around. (OK, I did buy a Merry Christmas, Y'all ornament). Then, after that Ian wanted to walk around down-town a little because it was such a nice day. So, we looked around City Market a little then decided to head to Toys R Us to see if we could do a little Christmas shopping. On the way to Toys R Us we stopped at a couple of antique stores we happened upon. We were only at Toys R Us for a little bit then made our way home. Unfortunately, we got stuck in traffic on the way home which put a little bit of a damper on our day but other than that it really was a good day. One I don't think he or I will forget! Ian with the bread they bring out.Ian and I at our table.Me with some yummy sweet tea we shared.Chocolate chip-gooey butter cake.Ian in front of the store door.

Ian with the tree in front of City Market.

Princess on Ice Show

Yesterday Ellie, my mom and I had the opportunity to go to the Disney Princesses on Ice show. Ellie wanted to wear a pretty dress and I decided to let her wear a dress I'd gotten for her a couple of weeks ago. You can't see them in any pictures but part of the reason I let her wear this dress is because she wanted to wear some sparkly gold shoes that I'd gotten for her. She looked adorable. She made me wear a dress that had a sash around the a-line, just like hers! Unfortunately, I never got any pictures of her with the signs for the show, but I did get a couple at the show. She sat for the whole thing and just seemed to take it all in. She said her favorite parts were Cinderella, Snow White and one other that I can't recall right this second. During the intermission we got a cute Cinderella "stein" that had a snow cone in it. Well, as yummy as that snow cone might have been, it was probably the wrong thing to get because when we went back in for the show, we were freezing! I sat her in my lap just so we would be warmer. It worked, thankfully, and we enjoyed the rest of the show.
After the show we went to the Tea Room in Savannah. It was cute that they set the table for Ellie with kid sized plate and silverware plus cup and saucer. I ordered her a pot of decaf french vanilla tea and she drank the whole thing. My mom and I shared a pot of a white tea called White Christmas and it was pretty yummy. One of Ellie's favorite things at the tea room was teddy bears that were placed around the room. She enjoyed picking them up and moving them around. She also really liked the orchids that came on our plates - that's why you'll see pictures of each of us with the orchids behind our ears! We had a fun day just being girls and doing fun girly things. (I have to say I think it's funny that Ian's still upset with me for not taking him to the show. I told him I didn't think he'd be interested in Princesses on Ice and he said, "Mom, it's on ICE!! I love ice!") Oh, well, he was in school anyway!

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