Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Our first Thanksgiving together

With so much to be thankful for this year, we were happy to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families back in Saskatoon. Claire's grandparents hadn't seen her since the July long weekend; just imagine how much attention she got all weekend long! She loved every minute of it, and although she is happy to be home, I think she misses all the people who showered her with so much love and attention (in addition to our own of course!).

Favourite moments:

  • Claire and her Great-Grandma Pauline admiring each other's pearl necklaces;
  • Claire enjoying her first pumpkin pie ever while visiting Great-Grandma;
  • Claire and her cousin Liam stopping play every now and then to kiss or hug each other;
  • watching Claire trying to stuff herself into Grandma and Grandpa's new magazine rack;
  • seeing Claire devouring her meals like she'd never be fed again;
  • Claire finally meeting her Uncle Geoff and Aunt Marlene (my brother and his wife from Vancouver);
  • Stu building elaborate towers for Claire to destroy; and
  • both of our families (separately) singing the ice cream song (I scream, you scream ...) to Claire to see and hear her little scream at the end.
Claire and Grandma W.











Claire with Daddy, Grandma W. and Great-Grandma Pauline
















This is Claire trying to climb up that chair!











Claire with cousin Sonia and Auntie Marlene














Grandma K. with the grandkids in town for Thanksgiving: Sonia, Liam and Claire

6 comments:

Beth said...

So adorable. I love that pic with Gr. Pauline etc. Can you ever see the family resemblance between them! Maybe it's her hairdo, but she really looks like she's filling out in her face (in a lovely way of course!). Must be all that Thanksgiving food she packed away. Love those boots too.

Kim said...

Happy Thanksgiving....
Looks like you had fun...
Claire looks so adorable..
Love her little outfit with the cute little boots..

Karla said...

Always nice to see you and your family enjoying being together and loving Claire.
Thanks for sharing and writing of your journey together.
See you Friday.
Karla

Rae said...

It sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving full of great memories for all of you. Claire always looks so happy in her photos! Do you have one of her trying to stuff herself into the magazine rack? That would have been hilarious to see!

I love her denim dress and boots, she's such a fashion diva!

Kath said...

Happy Thanksgiving sweet Claire. Love the boots!

Shea said...

I love seeing the family pics, especially the ones with grandparents and cousins. I'm glad you had a nice holiday. It must have been a very busy weekend for you.