We decided to spend Thanksgiving in California with my Grandma Hunter & Aunt Jerri. So, we drove out Wednesday night after Paul got off work (4.30) and arrived around 9.45 pm. We were happy that Alec slept most of the journey, as he hates car rides and screamed most of the time he was awake. Paul and I listened to 'Nicholas Nickelby' on CD, which made the drive go more quickly. When we arrived, Alec was happy to play with Grandma's new kitten, Ralphie. He's used to Maggie and Milo who let him grab their fur and tug, so he tried the same trick on Ralphie... luckily Ralphie was de-clawed.
Ralphie retaliated by licking Alec's head.
Thanksgiving morning we watched part of the parade, looked through the Black Friday ads and snitched pieces of turkey from the kitchen while Grandma cooked. After the parade we watched part of the dog show, getting excited when they had a keeshond! Looked just like our Milo, just better behaved. Then, we got to sit down and eat. Paul was excited for his first Thanksgiving in America and Alec's first ever. We put stuffing and turkey in Alec's little 'food net' so he couldn't choke on bits and he loved it!! Kept him busy the whole time we ate.
Friday morning we decided to try out the mall and look for some clothes for Paul while the Black Friday sales were on. It was really crowded, so we lasted only about an hour. Alec loved the Disney store, he kept staring up at all the moving figures with his mouth open. Afterwards we went home so he could nap and just relaxed the rest of the day.
The side of Great-Grandma's kitchen sink was the perfect-sized bath tub for Alec and he laughed while getting 'pony rides' on her leg.
Saturday morning we left around 10am and were happy to see little traffic on the freeways. It was a very relaxing and nice Thanksgiving, which was just what we'd wanted!
Alec was getting a bit fussy during 'Black Friday' shopping, but luckily they had a little train he could ride on:
Thanksgiving morning:
Enjoying the fall leaves:
The little monkey loves climbing on anything and everything-his current favorite is to simply climb up on chairs and sit like an adult:
He also enjoys putting on any shoes he finds & trying to walk around in them. Here he's trying on my flip-flops:
He also loves blowing out candles, so on Paul's birthday, we had to re-light the candles several times:
