Thursday afternoon we arrived at Wes' parents house on Lake Murray. They have just finished building a brand new house on their lake property and this was our first time seeing it.
It is a beautiful house with amazing views of the lake. Oh, and it has more than one bathroom and no creatures living in the floor. So it is definitely an upgrade from the old lake house!
We spent the afternoon finishing up all the food for thanksgiving and letting the kids play on the porch. Then everyone sat down for a delicious meal. Liam really loved Aunt Jean's sweet potato casserole (a child after my own heart - it is wonderful!) and gobbled it right up. along with some turkey and green beans. He did not, however, care for regular mashed potatoes. I think he was expecting them to taste like the sweet potatoes and when they didn't there was a lot of spitting and gagging and choking as he attempted to evict them from his mouth. Nice.
Oh, and Noah ate "chicken". (Psst! It was actually turkey but we told him it was chicken. Otherwise he would not have eaten it.) He did keep asking us, "Where is the turkey?" We kept pointing to the counter but he continued to look confused. Then a lightbulb went off in my head, and I realized he was looking for a live turkey. (Who knows why he thought Nana and Pops would have a live turkey wandering around their house.) I calmly said, "Noah, the turkey is on that plate over there. They cooked it." His eyes got as big as saucers and he gasped. Yep, not what he was expecting. Good thing we told him he was eating chicken.
After dinner it was a free-for-all. All three cousins and Pops and Uncle Mike had a grand time being crazy.
And we attempted to take a family picture but it didn't go so well. Carissa tried her hardest to get a good one of us, but Liam makes it next to impossible. This was the best we could do.
Do you like how we gave him a phone to play with to get him to sit still? Good parenting 101.....
After a piece (or 2) of pumpkin pie it was time for my food coma. All in all, a very fun day!
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