Thanksgiving at the Summervilles

We enjoyed a very successful meal and evening at the Summerville's on Thanksgiving. We only visit the Summervilles house once a year, and since there are usually about twenty people around, one or both of the kids in the past has been overwhelmed or crying for much of the night. This time was wonderfully different. There were periods of the evening where I didn't have either of the kids clinging to me and I felt like a new woman. It was so fun watching the kids warm up and really loving everyone's company. Of course, the kids enjoyed hanging out in their usual ways and with their typical favorites -- Eli played a block hiding game with Uncle Brian and Ms. Kathryn, and got some love from Daddy. While Keira played with her bee toys from home with Babo looking on. She also had a ball running between her two grandmas and being generally silly and crazy.







Maybe even more exciting, the kids warmed up to "new" faces this Thanksgiving, too. One of the highlights of the evening for Eli was playing with Ms. Trish. He told me afterwards that he "loves Ms. Trish." They had a great time building with blocks and playing a "guess what" picture game with a camera.


Keira made her own new friend in Mr. John. She brought over and handed him almost a couch full of blocks to his delight.


I think most fun for me was seeing my kids through other people's eyes. It's so easy to get caught up in all the little details of parenting and not really enjoy them for who they are.