The Holidays, Part II: Thanksgiving

I’m making my own holiday traditions by posting about one holiday after another one happens. At this rate you might hear about my Christmas after Valentine’s Day! But, I’m really going to try to be better, because I feel like so much is happening and I’m not able to share everything with you it just happens so fast. Right now I’m in Indiana with my Indiana grandparents and we’ve been busy sledding and seeing big cats and opening presents… oh golly, there I go getting ahead of my holidays. I first need to tell you about Thanksgiving.

In the morning, Mama, Daddy and I walked down to ‘Mini Park’ by my house. (It’s called that because it’s named after my cat, Mini.) We walked all around the sand and the logs, and then I showed them my new trick of swinging on a bar. I’ll put the video below in case you want to see it too.

In the afternoon we went to Aunt Stacy’s mom’s house for Thanksgiving and there were a lot of people there. A lot of big people. For the most part I spent the time playing in the office because if I walked around the house I just spent my time looking at everyone’s knees and really – what fun is that? I was kind of nervous that I’d be bored since I was the only kid there, but you’ll see from the pictures below that maybe I was one of the more mature ones there! Everyone talked so much the ‘really big meal’ and ‘ohh, a Turkey….’ that by the time we ate I was over it. There was just so much prep to get the food on the table that sitting down seemed like such a bore. I wanted to play instead. So, I did. Mama and Daddy tried to eat for a little bit but I convinced Daddy that it was much better to play with me then eat. He must have agreed because he ate really fast and joined me for playtime again. I love my dad.

The grown-ups liked eating so much that they stayed at the table and continued to talk to each other. I just can’t figure out what they talk about! I mean, once you talk about what color you’re wearing, where everyone is in the room, and who’s driving the car home – what more is there to talk about? I guess you could always talk about the latest episode of Dora, but somehow I didn’t think those big people with the knees watched that show too.

I pretended like I was tired so that they’d drag me around in my wagon,

but really I just do it because I think it’s cute.

Example #1 of why I might be more mature:
Who has wine and who has a plastic bag on his head?
That's what I'm talking about....

Example #2 of why I might be more mature:
Who is trying to eat my head with a dinosaur?
Enough said.

Here's my trick on the bar. Next up: trying this on more then one bar!

The Holidays, Part I: Halloween

Wow, these holidays are looong. First there was Halloween One, and then there was Halloween Two. After that came Thanksgiving and then there was Buy-the-Christmas-Tree-Day, Decorate-the-Christmas-Tree Day, and I hear that Christmas One, Two and Three is just around the corner. Somewhere along the way we even snuck in a Day-To-See-Someone-Else-Light-A-Tree-Day. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining…no, no, no…this is SO cool!!

My parents get pretty excited about the holidays and made sure that I was ready for Halloween by getting me a T-Rex Dinosaur costume. At first I wasn’t sure that I wanted to wear it. Because basically I try not to wear a lot of what my parents suggest these days. The week before Halloween, they took me to a Halloween jamboree at one of my favorite places and brought the costume with us. I refused to put it on there, I mean really… there was so much fun stuff to do, why get burdened down with more clothes!? There was a petting zoo and a jumper, and a little train, and for the first time ever I got to ride a pony!! I also won a spider ring and stickers, by playing some games. (I have no idea what I did, but when it was over my parents shouted, “hooray, you win!”)

Halloween One -- No Point in Wearing the Costume

My first pony ride! I really liked this and hope to ride one again soon.
But can someone please explain to me
the difference between a horse and a pony?
Mama keeps telling me a pony is smaller, but this guy looked plenty big to me!!

"Hi Chicken!"

During the week, Nanny helped Didi and I get into the mood by making pumpkin pictures (it’s still on our fridge). But we didn’t have to wear our costumes to do that. I was relieved that I didn't have to dress like a dinosaur every time someone said “Halloween”, because that would just be crazy.

On actual Halloween they convinced me to wear my costume during the day and we went to the local Rec Center to play more games and see Didi and his parents. Grandma and Grandpa also came and we went out to get hamburgers. You know, sitting on a dinosaur tail is surprisingly comfortable. In fact, I liked my costume so much, I even decided to nap in it that day. That night we went trick-or-treating, and it was fun!! I wanted to make sure I got the best candy, so I agreed to wear my costume hat that night too. I would walk up to people and say “trick-or-treat”. You know – it’s amazing how much you can get by doing that!! Why don’t we say Trick or Treat all the time??

I really wanted to go trick-or-treating at the library because I figured they would give me a book, but for some reason they weren’t open. I kept pulling on the door, but it wouldn’t budge. I finally gave up, but when I ran down the ramp, I dropped my pumpkin and my candy spilled everywhere!! I didn’t want to waste a single piece, so I made sure to pick up every single thing. By the end of the night, my pumpkin was very full, and I was really proud of myself because I carried it by myself all night. The funny thing is, I really don’t remember eating the candy after Halloween, but a few days later my pumpkin was empty. What do you think happened to it?

Napping in my dinosaur costume to get strength for Trick-or-Treating

"Trick-or-Treat"
(This is the beginning of the night when my pumpkin was empty and light)

This is at the end of the evening when my pumpkin was heavy and I dropped my candy out front of the library

Next year I think Mama and Daddy should dress up too.

Do you think these people took my candy?