Thanksgiving Break

The City of Gahanna found it in their budget to bring back the Holiday Lights parade this year. We met up with The Hague clan at the normal parade watching location and had a great time. Even though it was cool outside it was not freezing like it has been in the past. Samantha really enjoyed the band's (she loves cymbals) and also the dance groups.

Jeff and I also took off a day of work to take Samantha to COSI while they still had the Dora and Diego exhibit. Since she loves Dora we knew she would really enjoy this...and we were so right.

(Above: She was driving the pirate piggies ship!)

Here she is planting flowers in Isa's butterfly garden!

Posing with Dora and Boots.

Posing with Diego and Baby Jaguar.

Driving Tico's car where she also got to collect acorns.

Here she was sitting at the Anchor's desk in the Old Town exhibit. This was Jeff's favorite exhibit when he was a kid.

Looking thru the telescope on the Pirate Piggie's ship.

In the Kid Zone area, she got to play in a huge water area that she just loved.

Jeff and I loved getting to watch Samantha's imagination run wild as she explored. She is becoming more and more animated the older she get's and what ever she is feeling it written right across her face.

We went and had dinner at Pa's the night before Thanksgiving. Samantha really like her Pa and it was nice getting to spend some time at his house with him. For Pa, I am sure it was really hard spending his first Thanksgiving without Granny, but we all tried to surround him with as much love as we could.

On Thanksgiving day we went and dropped off some food to Nick and Mandy's, then went to Jim and Lib's to eat. We got there a bit late due to Samantha's nap, but we got to at least sat Hi to everyone and fill our bellies with yummy food. Then we went back to Nick and Mandy's to play games and have dessert. Samantha really like playing with her cousins and it is always nice when they get to hang out together.

I love all the excitement of the Holiday's but what I am most thankful for this year is my growing family. Not just my husband, but my beautiful little girl and the one I have growing inside of me.

I am blessed.