we give thanks

besides starting the day with a treasure hunt, our thanksgiving was very low key. we still made all the thanksgiving regulars because we aren't crazy people and had john over for dinner. saige didn't come over because she hates us. just kidding. she celebrated thanksgiving in chicago with marcello. anyways, per the usual we have much to be thankful for. our health, our home, our family, our friends, and mini pecan pies. happy thanksgiving! 

treasure hunt!

matt decided for a thanksgiving tradition, he wanted to do a pirate's treasure hunt for the boys. he made a treasure map and rhyme for beckett to find in the morning and off they went. luckily, beckett was appropriately dressed in pirate jammies. that may or may not have been intentional. ha. they followed the clues around the neighborhood to eventually find the X and dig up the treasure. is matt like the most fun dad you know or what?

prepping the night before...

beckett found the map in the morning and was kind of confused, but still enthusiastic. i think next year he will be all over it.

the first clue was at the fire hydrant... which beckett thinks looks like a little robot. 

then back to the watering can by our house.

next, to the mailboxes!

the wood gate was after that. the sneaky pirate sent them on a real wild goose chase.

almost done... just on to where a disgustingly gigantic spider lives, that matt and beckett like to look at. 

now to the x! which was under our patio, where beckett tragically lost a very tiny jaguar toy a long time ago. he knew right where to go though because a beckett never forgets.

yo ho ho success! what a fun way to start a day of giving thanks. i am thankful for traditions, treasure hunts, and my three sweet guys. the tiniest guy slept through the treasure hunt this year, but next year i'm sure he'll rally. 

we give thanks

we had a relaxed thanksgiving at home. thanksgiving is probably my least favorite holiday... for lots of reasons, but i recently discovered that it is matt's most favorite. so, i am going to try and be better about being in the turkey spirit this time of year. john and reny came over for dinner and we had all the usual thanksgiving junk. plus! we made latkes because thanksgiving fell during hannukah this year... which is weird because it made thanksgiving feel really late and hannukah feel really early. anyways, i was the worst, worst photo taker in the history of photo taking. you might be confused and think i was not even at thanksgiving, but really... i was there. also, maybe you couldn't even tell who was there because my one group picture is so blurry. i am posting it anyway, but i feel a lot of shame about it. in conclusion, i hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! i was grateful (kind of?) to be feeling pretty sicky because of baby two!