To Grandmothers house we go.
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and blowing snow...OH!
It wasn't to Grandmothers house that we went, but to my sister, Susans. We all gathered for a Thanksgiving feast; cousins, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, grandmas, grandpas, cats, dogs, chickens, ducks.... We got a bit carried away with the baking this year, as always. I do believe that there was at least one pie for each person in attendance and about a dozen dinner rolls apiece. We had a wonderful time visiting and laughing. Just exactly what thanksgiving is all about.
I can't take being with my sisters and brothers very often. I come away sleep deprived and with a belly ache from laughing so much. My brother, Todd, always tries to keep us up to the wee hours. Usually I resist, but this time he won so sleep did not come for Susan, Todd and I until about 3:30 AM. How any body else in the house slept with us up cackling like a bunch of chickens, I don't know. The roosters crowed mighty early the next morning. I decided if I was awake than Todd was going to be too. I pounced on him using the old tickling tactic, but the only response was a one-eyed "stop it" in a fairly whiney voice. His little 2 1/2 year old daughter, Shelby, thought that jumping on Daddy looked like great fun, but, alas, little Shelby received poor results also.
My sisters Susan, Gidge, (the crazy one with the closed eyes is ME!), and Stacey. We can't forget Roxy the dog. At least she had her eyes open!
My neice, Dawn, turned 12 today. We celebrated her birthday on Thursday, since we were all together. Happy Happy Birthday, Dawn! It was so good to see you!
I'm home now and getting ready for some much deserved sleep...
3 comments:
Thanks for sharing your day together.
I love the poem in the start.
What a wonderful family filled TG! No doubt you were a major contributor of baked goods! :o)
PS... Isn't the snow this morning wonderful! And a bonus 2 hr school delay is the icing on the cake! Too bad it will melt soon. Sniff, sniff.
Would it not be Thanksgiving if there werent' enough pies for everyone to have one of their own?? LOL Sounds like you all had a blast, that must have been so much fun staying up late whooping it up with your siblings!
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