Thanksgiving 2012

We went to the In-Laws for Thanksgiving 2012. 

We drove to their house on the night before Thanksgiving because Derek was working the day after Thanksgiving and we knew that it was best for Carder not to try to do the round trip in one day.

 As per what we should have expected (although I had hoped for the contrary), Carder fell asleep in the car and woke up when we arrived at their house.  After saying hello to the Grandparents and Papaw, he was then super-charged with energy and ran around like a wild child for a couple of hours before he went back to sleep.  (This had me panicked that my normally happy child would be in meltdown mode for Thanksgiving Day).

As you also would expect, Carder got up his normal time on Thanksgiving morning as children apparently have no concept of sleeping in when they were up late the night before.   After breakfast, Derek, Carder, Granddad, Papaw and I took a walk on the Golf Course.  We pulled Carder in a wagon that the Grandparents bought for him.

Although Carder had dropped morning naps, walking on the course apparently wore him out and he fell asleep in the wagon as we were heading back.  He also woke up as soon as the wagon stopped moving and didn’t finish his nap.  (This had me panicked that my normally happy child would be in meltdown mode).

Aunt Sarah arrived around 10:30 and brought with her a foster child that was placed with her just a couple of days beforehand.  She was 6 months older than Carder and they had a wonderful time playing together.  Dinner was scheduled for around 1.  Derek’s Aunt Vicky, her friend Mike, and Derek’s cousin Helen also joined us for Thanksgiving dinner and got to the house around 12.  Thank goodness that Helen and Vicky were there to help prepare the meal!

We fed the kids a late snack and tried our best to push their naptimes back so that we could all enjoy the meal together.  It became obvious that the meal wouldn’t be at 1 (and I was panicked that my normally happy child would be in meltdown mode – noticing a trend here???).   Sarah and I decided to take the kids for a walk on the Golf Course to keep them occupied while we waited for dinner.

The kids had an absolute BLAST playing on the Golf Course and it was a wonderful way to pass the time.  Although a bit chilly, it was a gorgeous & sunny day.  We ran all over the grass (fairway?  green?) and ended up returning to the house with wet pants and smiling but exhausted kids.

 

Carder picked at his dinner at best and ended up going down for a nap during the middle of dinner.  I guess you can’t have it all.  At least my normally happy child wasn’t in meltdown mode as I had feared he would be.

After he woke up from his nap, we loaded up the car and headed home.