Thanksgiving 2012

Hello everyone!

We are back from a wonderful Thanksgiving trip.  We went to Seabrook Island, SC to see about 6 million people on my Happy's side of the family.  We got down there on Wednesday night just in time for dinner. After my long, quiet car ride I was all of a sudden expected to hug a gaggle of strangers.  Um, pass.  I clung to my Mom for about 10 minutes before deciding these people looked pretty fun so I insisted she put me down so I could mingle.  My cousins were all a bit older but I had no second thoughts about following them around, yelling and getting in the mix.  I stayed up til almost 9:30 on the first night, which sort of became the norm for our vacation.  (Back to 7:30 now that we are in "real life" again.  Boo.)  Happy and Umpy even volunteered to get up with me every morning so Mom and Dad could sleep late.  But since I wasn't going to bed til 9:30, I was sleeping til almost 8.  And Mom says it's physically impossible for her to sleep late anymore. Even with magic pills.  Whatever that means.

The next day was Thanksgiving.  We went to the park with Happy, Umpy, Margot & Will.  I had quite the audience for my sliding, swinging and running around.  I ate it up. We spent the rest of the day cooking and hanging out before meeting up with the rest of the family for dinner.  Mom said I completely botched my Thanksgiving by only eating rolls but I don't care.  There was a big family golf tournament on Friday, but Mom didn't play since someone needs to hang out with me (HA! Like she'd play anyways!) Our house was on the golf course and I saw Dad go by in the cart so we went out to say hello.  Apparently you cannot scream "DADDY!!!!" while other players about to swing.  They got to do a do-over, so all is well.  We had a big cookout at the beach on Friday night, but Mom, Dad and I didn't stay too long.  They didn't like me eating/throwing sand nor my fascination with the bonfire. 

Saturday we went to Kiawah Island to go to the Nature Center to see turtles, snakes, etc.  This was pretty cool but it was getting close to nap time and I was hungry so I wasn't as enthusiastic as I could have been.  There was even a stuffed real bobcat that I was sure to never really take my eye off.  Just in case he decided to come back to life.  Later that day we went to see Santa (H*LL NO! It's going to be awhile til I get on board with him) and get some ice cream. 

I was sad to leave my family, but luckily Christmas is coming soon. 
Love,
L.E.R.

OH! And P.S.  ROLL TIDE!

Park on Thanksigving Day!

Swinging with Uncle Will.

It looks like we are going a lot faster than we really were...

Over it.

Tickle time with the old folks!

Helping get the green beans ready for dinner.

Helping wears me out! Dad too, obviously.

Pre-dinner snack.

Aunt Margot and I ready for the big dinner!

Checking out the lay of the land on Thanksgiving.  New house. Where to cause mischief first...

Showing Happy how to work an ipad.

Me and some of the older kids.  And Umpy too.

Just hangin' with the big kids!



Some of my favorite people.



Talking to my cousin Lily.

A very intense "Row Row Row Your Boat" with Umpy.  I don't mess around.

Shopping with Aunt Margot while everyone was golfing.

Not the best photo, but there was a Christmas festival in the village! Scary Santa included!

My cousins!

BUBBBBBBBBBLES!



Beach cookout.  I was a walking fre hazard.



A stern talking to from Dad about the dangers of touching fire.

Old-ish people.

We could be models for beach hair.

First Christmas tree spotting of the season!!!

Happy helping me get an upclose view.

Look at my cute new sweater.  I managed to possibly destroy it on day one of wearing it.

This is my favorite way to walk.  A person on each side if at all possible.

At the nature center.  Since Mom couldn't get me and the creatures in one pic, she chose me.  We are looking at baby gators!

A really big turtle!

Mmmm.  This is before I insisted on many bites of Margot's ice cream too, which lead to chocolate all over my face.

Boots with the fur...

Hi pals!

Just a quick hello before Thanksgiving.  We didn't have much going on last weekend, so that meant we got to go shopping for me! I got a new car seat to put in Dad's car so he can share duties with Mom.  He has started taking me to school and picking me up more often.  At first, this did not sit well with me.  I am used to seeing my Mom at the end of the day.  Dad would show up and I would say "NO"! But he's growing on me and now that he's got a seat for me, I'll go easy on him when he shows up at school. 

I also got a few new pairs of shoes.  One is the pair of boots, as you can see below.  The other is a pair of new pink chuck taylors.  I had a pair that were in perfectly good shape until Mom left them on top of the car while putting me in the car seat and then proceeded to drive away.  Shoes still on top of the car. God only knows where they are now.  Dad did a lot of head shaking over that one. 

We are leaving tomorrow for South Carolina.  I will take lots of pictures so I can give you all a good update next week.  Gobble Gobble everyone!

Love,
L.E.R.

I don't get naseous reading in the car.  It's the bangs that give me trouble...

Car seats + outerwear = squished.

Blurry, but check out my boots with the fur (I don't know why Mom keeps calling them that.  Can't she just say boots?)

Aunt Erin calls them Boots with the Fur too.  They are strange. Even Uncle Paige was saying it!

This was fun for about 4 seconds.

My cousin Mabel and her Mom & Dad.  She's trouble like me - look at her hand!

No Excuse...

Hi friends!


No excuse for me not updating lately, just haven’t gotten around to it. But here I am to tell you what’s new with me (I know you have all just been checking daily. Apologies all around).

Halloween was fun! I dressed up as a bee. Mom and Dad were a little nervous I was not going to play along, since when they finally decided to see if my costume fit the night before, I screamed and tried to rip it off til I was blue in the face. But I slept on the idea and by Halloween morning I was on board with this bee business. I still refused to wear the antennas so Mom said my pigtails would have to suffice. We had a party at school and went trick or treating around to a few different classrooms for some treats and toys. Mom and Dad said I am still a little too young for night time trick or treating. Something about having our own “witching hour” every evening at home. I don’t know what that could possibly mean.

We also met up with a lot of our friends to go on a walk for Dobby last weekend. It was nice to see so many people who love my grandmother. My friend Anna Lynn came and I kept trying to “hold” her but I guess that’s not a good idea yet. Mom was worried I was going to pitch a fit being trapped in my stroller but I decided to take advantage of the chance to have a nice morning snooze outdoors.

So excited for my first Thanksgiving WITH food next week!!!

Love,
L.E.R.

A bee! There was another girl in the room in this outfit.  I did not bother to take a pic of her.

Lying on the floor, deciding if I really WANT to go to school today...

At the PanCan walk.  Get up Anna Lynn! Play with me!

Can I hold her please?

Me and Mom.  Or as I like to call her sometimes "Mimi".  She does not care for this.  Said it makes people think she is my stepmom.

Discovering sandboxes!

When did I get so tall???

Early morning relaxing with Dad at Poppy's house.

Queen of the playground.  As you can tell, I am getting nervous that all these kids are getting too close to me.

Totally copied this girl.



Just doing a little light reading by myself. 



Watching one music video before bed.  Mom and Dad have become strict on weeknight TV time.  It's the worst!