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This year my parents decided to host Thanksgiving. We had lots of extended family join in, my aunts and uncles, cousins, in-laws, and even co-workers! Kalven was passed around, and around, and around…good thing he likes people. I think he is getting used to that, being he is the newest member of the Gilman Clan.
Before dinner there were good appetizers and a contest. A word find where we had to get other people to circle words on our paper, it was a good way to mix up the crowd! Aleece won the contest we had and got a colorful boa type thing as a prize.
Dinner was great. Traditional Thanksgiving feast, the table ran 3/4 of the length of my parents house! I would have gone back for seconds but I filled my first plate up pretty fun, and I had to leave room for desert.
One of our traditional holiday after dinner games is the dice game. Leif’s favorite part was stealing presents (as well as the dice if he did not get a double!). Over the years we have gone from funny white elephant gifts, like a can of peas, to more useful gifts, like toothbrushes and cases of toothpaste! Of course what is a white elephant game with out the silly prizes, we had plenty of those too.
This year Thanksgiving fell on my dad’s birthday and he got one of his favorites instead of a cake, pecan pie. I think he likes it when Thanksgiving falls on his birthday.
There was dancing and dancing, and more dancing. Then even more dancing. With a little wrestling thrown in.
Of course there is the need to check out the advertisements for black Friday.
Leif latched on to his cousins Laura and Shannon and kept bouncing between the two. That kid sure loves to share deserts! Leif would pull Laura around the house playing with this toy and that toy then he would just drop her hand and switch over to Shannon. Then Leif would pull Shannon around the house playing with this toy and that toy, and after a little while he would do it all over again.
It was a great holiday.