It was a fun-filled Thanksgiving this year. And being in a new place we got to make some new traditions. We had some amazing friends that came in to town for the day (friends from our mission) and we had a blast! When they arrived on Wednesday is was really cold and raining, but we still ventured out to the UWS to see the floats getting inflated. It was fun for like 10 minutes until everyone was cold and wet, so we might not be doing that one next year…
But Thanksgiving Day was awesome! Adam and Jim got up early and headed up to the Upper West Side to save seats. They arrived at 6:15 and it was still dark out and they were able to save 2nd row spots for us. Emily and I got ready as fast as we could with 2 kids each and hurried up to meet Val who had just flown in that morning from Utah. We all met up and headed uptown. We arrived minutes before the parade started and we couldn't even try and get close enough to our spouses. It was packed and their was no way anyone was letting us through. Especially with our minivan stroller in tow. I decided to shuffle Solana and Riley over to the hubbys, so that at least the girls could see it up close. I walked about knee level between the crowds of people and had Solana scream daddy the whole time. It actually worked and I was able to see Adam for like a minute during the parade. Then the girls and I watched the parade from further back, and both our kids were perfect.
It was cold and it started to rain/snow towards the end, but it was so fun to be adventurous and join with millions of others for the big event.
6:20am, in position. (You had to be there much earlier to get a front row spot…)
The one minute we spent together.
Emily and her kiddos enjoying the awe of it all.
While Solana's favorite part of the parade was dancing to all of the marching bands, she also freaked out with excitement as we watched Santa come rolling down Central Park West.
After the parade was over we re-grouped and booked it out of there!
Eating at my favorite stand in the city - Waffles and Dinges! Warm, fresh waffles drenched in chocolate, nutella, and strawberries!
The Thanksgiving dinner set up.
Solana loved having a friend to play with, and pretend to be a big sister to (lipgloss application is one of those things..)
The kid table.
The final presentation. (Every year, Adam re-watches his favorite video online to refresh his turkey carving and presentation skills. He loves it, obviously!)
The day after Thanksgiving we headed out to 34th street. Boston loves the subway.
We headed over to Eataly and stopped for some to-die-for Italian hot chocolate at LaVazza.
Adam described it as by far the best hot chocolate he had ever had, with nothing even coming close enough to be mentioned second.
Chocolate steals the heart of both my boys.
Seeing Santa was so much fun.
Whole Foods was having a great deal on trees. So we headed over last minute to pick out a beauty. (No, the guy in the poster in the back is not a giant farmer.)
This tree was the winner! But the delivery time was closed for the night...
So Adam carried it home! Its about a 15 minute walk. He said it wasn't heavy, but annoying to have the pine needles poke his ear….
Solana asked him "Daddy are you strong enough to carry the world?" of course is answer was yes.
Let the best holiday season begin. Merry Christmas!
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