Thanksgiving Festivities

Wow, there has been a lot going on during this Thanksgiving holiday.  Last Friday, CJ's school held its Thanksgiving feast.  The feast itself was quite impressive with a full spread of food, decorations, and even a singing performance by the students.  The hall was noisy and crowded, and people were rushing around to and fro.  CJ gets a little freaked out in large crowds, so he was not at his best initially.  After about a half hour though, CJ was running around with the rest of the kids.

A few days before Thanksgiving, my niece Melissa came into town.  We hadn't seen her in a while, so it's been fun to hang out with her.  I took her in to the office and she attended a Web site kickoff meeting.  I even asked her to test a new Web game we hope to unveil on Monday.

Thanksgiving itself was fun.  Our friends Judith and Frank came over, along with Maki's brother. I didn't want to mess with cooking a turkey all day, so we ordered a Honey Baked Ham and then made a bunch of side dishes.  We made:  cream of crab soup, roasted vegetables, roasted asparagus, salad, homemade stuffing and biscuits.  For dessert, we had pumpkin pie and chocolate cupcakes (thanks, Judith!) .  We even opened a 1992 Silver Oak cabernet sauvignon.  The wine needed time to breathe but it was terrific.  Yum!

Yesterday, CJ, Melissa and I went to see the movie Bolt.  CJ has been to several movies now, he likes going to the movies, he can sit through an entire full-length movie, and he's mostly quiet.  I can't stop him from asking questions and commenting on what's happening on the big screen, but all in all, it was fun to go to the movies with my little man!  And since we went during a matinee showing, the theater was full of laughing and talking kids.  Oh yeah, CJ enjoyed the popcorn and chocolate, perhaps best of all.