Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving, mostly because for me, it's a low-key, low-work holiday. Christmas lasts for at least a month. Even Halloween lasts for weeks with all of the carnivals, costume parties, etc. Thanksgiving is just one day. There is no pre-Thanksgiving party. You get up in the morning. You cook. You eat. It doesn't seem that special.

But yet it is. For me, it reminds me of my grandfather. I'm not sure why. It is the only holiday that we typically spent at my grandparents, so that might have been part of it, but there is more.

I think part of it is that he really appreciated a good meal. He enjoyed Thanksgiving, and was always incredibly grateful.

It's too bad Thomas never got to meet him, but since he passed away in January 2009, and Thomas was born in February, I'd like to think their souls passed somehow. Here he is, enjoying his first great-grandchild, Anne Marie.

From great grandparents

HALLOWEEN! and no camera

It is so sad to be cameraless on Halloween. I am going to re-create Halloween tonight with my brother's camera, but for now I will just tell you I had the cutest little Rapunzel and dinosaur ever. You don't have to take my word for it- Anne Marie won second place at the Boo at the Zoo costume contest, and Thomas won fourth. Anne Marie was adamant that we not miss that contest. She said, "I REALLY want to walk on stage!" Ah, that girl.