We had a great Thanksgiving Day at home - our first one staying home. We started the day with a Turkey Trot 5k and ended it with a nice turkey dinner. Gobble Gobble!!
Tim & I ran the 5k pushing the boys in jog strollers. I pushed Cole, who fell asleep pretty quickly and Tim pushed Eli, who took it as his mission to knock over every single orange cone he could reach. The run was tough. I haven't run in months and our time wasn't that great however I'm pretty sure we won the "parents pushing 2 and 4 year old brothers in strollers" division. After the 5k, there was a 1 mile fun run and then a kids 100 yard dash. I had signed the boys up for the 100 yard dash thinking they would have fun doing the dash, having their own number and getting a prize when they finished. I thought I was right but then.....oh but then. When it came time for them to run their dash, both boys decided they wanted nothing of it. Cole sat in the road and cried. Eli stood on the other side of the road and watched everyone else. Neither ran so we climbed back in the truck and headed home. Eli knew I was not too happy about the ordeal so on the ride home, he decided to tell me why he didn't want to run his race. "Mommy, I want to tell you why I didn't run my race. When you & Daddy were pushing me and Coley for your run, it was fun. I didn't want to run on my own two feet." Although I was upset that we had hung around and they didn't participate, his rationale for not doing it made me laugh.
When we got home, the boys watched the dvr'd Macy's parade. I grew up watching it on Thanksgiving while my Mom cooked a super meal so for me, that is just part of the holiday. They loved it, especially after having been to our parade last weekend. After lunch, the boys took a good nap for us and then we had outside play time.
Another part of Thanksgiving (or any holiday) is yummy punch. I made some lemon lime punch for us and we enjoyed it as our appetizer to Thanksgiving dinner. We had turkey, dressing, mac & cheese, green beans and gravy. It was a nice dinner and a great family day. So much to be thankful for! On Friday, we headed to see Grandma & Granda N - stay tuned for those pictures. Time for Mommy to go to bed!
We hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Numbered up and ready to go. Looks like Eli has "spirit fingers" (sorry, love 'Bring it on'.)
Cole wasn't very happy before we started.
Family shot pre-race
Daddy and Eli
Mommy & Cole
Lots of folks lined up ahead of us. We did manage to pass a few but stayed pretty far back.
And I saw Tim's back for a good bit of the run too.
Yay, we made it!! Cole fell asleep and Eli had a fun time.
My little cuties. Eli was funny b/c when I gave them their numbers, he said Cole was supposed to be #2. He didn't like that they were both #1.
Cole-Man
Daddy's racing crew
Mommy's non-running boys
While we were waiting for the 100 yard dash, Eli entertained himself in this tree.
Quite a little monkey - all boy!
Kids lined up for the dash - notice Eli standing away from them in the orange shirt.
Cole was upset so Daddy tried to help him. Unfortunately Cole had a "DNF".
And so did Eli. Or maybe it was a "DNS".
Post-nap punch time.
Everyone's favorite!
This series of shots cracks me up. Cole has the funniest facial expressions.
Cute and sweet.
Giggling
Quite tickled
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