Happy Thanksgiving 2012!
We had a lovely, mellow gathering of friends and family.
Took Piper 20 minutes or so to warm, but I can't blame her - it would freak me out to wake up from a long nap to a house full of people too.
Once she warmed she ran around laughing.
And drank milk from a wine glass.
She had her own setting and cup - but with everyone else drinking from wine glasses, she wanted in.
People popped in and out through the evening, and Piper hung out with her "Uncle" Ivan.
He wasn't making it easy to catch a good photo of them.
There was some dress up in the days that followed.
This is a hand me down little mermaid dress that is a big hit. Aunt Amy is my witness...she'll go into her room get it and hand it to me saying,
"Go" which translates to: "Mom, please put this on me right this very second."
She also played with her cousin Freddie. But his energy was a bit much for her.
She may need some more warm up time next time.
We also had some time at the new school's park...
meaning about 30 seconds.
No other kids.
She wasn't into it.
And some good visits with her Aunties.
Later our friend Sandra stopped by with some super awesome booties for Piper.
She's living in them...
And enjoying the packaging they came in too.
On Sunday Daddy took a rare day off and we went for a hike.
It was lovely.
Scary warm actually.
We started out early and bundled and by the end (several hours) we all were roasting.
Then after nap it was time for Shumei's Thanksgiving
We thought the sushi dress our friend Krissy gave us was a good choice.
That is a flower behind her ear there.
Playing with baby Arthur, who is a year younger.
Josh said he caught her patting his head.
Honestly after 5 minutes she was running laps around the room.
While she's shy and doesn't like people coming up to her (especially since people tend to go right into her face without warning)- she sure likes to run and "prance"
This is one of those random Shumei things I was trying to catch.
But the glare on the TV was too much.
Think detailed choreographed dance you follow on the TV lead by two kids in uniform.
In hindsight I should have hit the video instead.
On the way home one of her CDs was on, ABC song was going and from the back seat we could hear, "G" "P" and then "Z" all at the correct times. We rewound and again..."G" "P" and then "Z"
only a few more letters to go! ;-)
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
