Thanksgiving

Two posts in one day! It's amazing how a holiday lets you catch up on things. As we recover from a delicious Thanksgiving dinner last night, I've uploaded some pictures from yesterday and today. Emily, Michael and I spent Thanksgiving with our friends Annie and Rob who live on Mercer Island. My aunt Susu is a longtime friend of Annie's and as soon as she found out we were moving to Seattle, she put us in touch with Annie. What a blessing she and her husband Rob have been for us! It has been wonderful to visit them, and we were especially happy to spend the holiday with them. As you can see, Michael was feeling the love with Annie on Thanksgiving, and he loved the new hat she and Rob gave him!

Annie and Rob kindly let us spend the night with them so we would not have to rush back to Bainbridge Island. Michael was only too pleased to improvise his bath in the sink. The stainless steel put him in a splashy mood!

The next morning we got up and headed downtown for the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Seattle. Michael was taking everything in.

We couldn't tell if he liked it or not; he wore his worried face most of the time.

We thought his cousins would like this picture, because they love snow globes. The princess inside this lifesize snow globe was waving hello to everyone, or else waving for someone to please let her out. Either way, she was very enthusiastic. Again, Michael was unimpressed, as you can see.

The parade ended in front of Macy's, which happened to be right where we were standing. Naturally, Santa was the last float and when his sleigh stopped in front of the store, he climbed down to great applause and went inside...followed by a throng of children hyped up on candy canes.

We took a pass and made our way down to Pike Place Market where we ran some errands, before catching the ferry back to Bainbridge Island.