Our Thanksgiving was cozy and low key. No travel, lots of lounging. I cooked a turkey, gravy, creamed potatoes, cranberry relish, veggies & dill dip and a pumpkin pie. unfortunately we're all feeling under the weather, with L getting the worst of it. He showed little interest in dinner and when he tried to eat dessert... well, let's just say that the one bite didn't stay down.
It's a lot of work cooking that much food and the cleanup after, but well worth it for the aroma of turkey cooking and the ending of pumpkin pie and coffee. After dinner I popped in Miracle on 34th street, which is my Thanksgiving tradition. This is the second or third year, and as is L's tradition, he feel asleep during. Someday he'll make it to the end.
I'll add what I posted earlier today:
I'm so thankful for my family, having food, clean water, shelter and the opportunity for so much love and fun.
I'm sorry and ashamed for how we treated those that were here before us.
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F spent the day pulling himself up on furniture and willing himself to walk. Such a determined boy. It's going by all too quickly for me.
You can see his two teeth peeking out here:
I'm so in love with this baby face.
So on with the Christmas season! Our first craft, Snowflake Window Clings turned out pretty cute. I'll have to take a picture. We have two weeks until we leave for MI so I'm hoping to pack in plenty of fun crafts, holiday movies and stories. I picked up a few new Christmas books and can't wait to read them to L.
I'd like to officially wish everyone Happy Holidays, not matter what holiday means to you. Being involved in social networking website, I've already had my fill of silly complaints of "Oh my goodness, no one can say Merry Christmas anymore". Bullshit, it's a major freaking holiday in america. It's in everyone's face everywhere. I don't live in a book where everyone is the same. The are cultural differences in the world and it's something that makes this place better and more interesting. I apologize to those who I haven't shown that to. I regret that I've been oblivious to other's lives by being so solely involved in my own secular Christmas celebration.
And with that, I'm going to bed. It's already so late I'm afraid I'll be up to early and be a grumpy mama I don't want to be.
2 comments:
Thank you for your kind words about the holiday season. I hope that you and your family enjoy the season.You are right... the social networking sites do leave people open to criticism about their preferences when it comes to the holidays, secular or otherwise. I have been guilty myself of reacting to insensitive comments made by others with other insensitive comments-not the spirit of the season. While I wish I felt freer to openly celebrate the season in a way that is more reflective of what it means to me, I am glad that we live in a nation where everyone can openly discuss and share their traditions in a public way, and celebrate the more sensitive, private, religious, or customary aspects of our own beliefs as they relate to the holidays in a private setting. I think your comments reflect that, whatever people's beliefs are, this time of year tends to fill everyone with a spirit of generosity, kindness, good-will, family unity, and peace. And whatever the cause of that, the effect is fantastic, isn't it? Thanks for the good wishes, and for the pleasant reading-Kristine
Thanks Kristine.
"whatever people's beliefs are, this time of year tends to fill everyone with a spirit of generosity, kindness, good-will, family unity, and peace. And whatever the cause of that, the effect is fantastic, isn't it? "
This pretty much sums it up. Now if there were only a way to extend that to the rest of the year and our world would get even better!
I feel like underneath it all (culture, religion, gender, race, etc) we're all essentially the same. Most of the time these things just serve to divide us. Kindness & appreciation might be the best we can do when we cannot shake all the things we *think* define us and see each other as simply humans (or something even purer than that).
I hope you guys have a great holiday, Christmas and otherwise :) Thanks for commenting.
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