Our Zämäd Azmad: Oh what a week!

Thanksgiving week was a big one this year! Starting with going back to work on Monday through Wednesday... which went quite smoothly. Abera went to his first day of daycare which thankfully was tear-free for both of us.

After work on Wednesday (fortunately a half day) Michael and I cleaned, prepped, cooked for over 4 hours... since we had the honor of hosting this year's Friends Thanksgiving. We do very much enjoy hosting and are grateful that the only thing we really need to cook is the turkey. Our friends bring almost everything else.

Cynthia gets the credit for this turkey bread creation.

The kids enjoyed their feast upstairs - of chicken nuggets, fruit snacks, french fries and juice boxes.

We had a good crew of children and I was very impressed that sat down and ate together as a little community.

A babysitter was stationed upstairs to care for our Bear and control any potential chaos. The movie we popped in helped with keeping everyone/thing in one piece too!

Love it!

Downstairs was more adult themed in food and conversation. We had a terrific spread with a good helping of leftovers that we lucked out with too. Michael created a thematic crossword puzzle contest and Kerbie presented a self-crafted poem. Still makes me giggle when I think of it.

Our living room transformed into a dining room and flowers from the Burtons kept it festive!

The next morning our family of four headed to the train station to catch an Amtrack to Chicago.

Abera enjoyed the train ride and his first time at Grandma and Grandpa's... until a fever hit! He lost his smiles the next day and slept the rest of the trip away.

Glad that Thanksgiving day was healthy for all... with another lovely table that had all the trimmings. The brown bag in the middle of the table is not homemade "glog" but a schoolmade turkey centerpiece crafted by Handi. It is featured at his kid table photo from the night before too. He was quite proud of it!