I have a very small family. Myself, my daughter and our little dog. That's my family. My daughter was adopted from China. She's an outstanding martial artist, student and young lady. She has a terrific set of values and a sweet, sweet soul. Our little dog is cute, very soft and she snores like a buzz saw. Mostly, she makes us laugh. That's her job. She thinks her job is to protect the perimeter. She sits in the windows and watches. She barks at the wind, falling leaves, the stray child who runs through the courtyard, and of course other dogs walking by. She spins in mad circles when the door bell rings and occasionally when we leave without her. I am the mom. I can break a 1" pine board with my fist (it just shows the other two who's in charge - that's it.), I can whip up dinner in 30 minutes or less, and I can clean and do laundry at the same time. In my spare time I work full time, and write a blog (and soon a book based on said blog). I love to listen to Delilah and to read on my kindle. That's our family. Occasionally, my mom comes to visit or we go to visit her. We just went to see her and the rest of the family. It was a good visit. We had a lot of fun.
In a couple of weeks many people will be hitting the road, the air and the railways to get to family members that live a ways away. I think that's one of the reasons Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love to hear stories of people traveling to their families, or their families coming to them for a holiday celebration. I've always been fascinated by large families. I always wondered what it was like to have lots of brothers and sisters, and lots of extended family members. I was reading on facebook today about a friend of mine's family who came to an early Thanksgiving. There were pictures of plates picked clean. No leftovers for them. That certainly makes cleaning up easy! I could just picture all of those people packed into my friend's house sleeping on air mattresses all over the place. Playing board games, and watching movies and laughing. What a fun picture my friend paints. She has a lot of children herself and I don't know how she does it, but I'm guessing there's never a dull moment. I know there isn't.
What traditions do you follow every year at Thanksgiving? Kaysie and I usually have a marathon board game over the weekend. One year it was Monopoly. One year it was Scrabble, and last year it was Wii sports. My arms were so sore by the end of the weekend, I could hardly brush my teeth. We play hard at our house. There will also be the Black Friday shopping trip that I am being told is beginning at midnight. Good grief - all that tryptophan, followed by a nap and then shopping 1/2 the night. That could be fun! My little family might not be large right now, but we do have fun. Our Holiday traditions are sacred to us, and I think that makes up for our family being small. We also usually put up our tree that weekend and hang the outside lights. It's a busy but very fun weekend. What will you be doing with your family this Thanksgiving weekend? I think the most important thing we all do together is just enjoy being a family and being together. My daughter will only be a kid once. I'm hoping that no matter how old she gets she remembers all the crazy stuff we did. What will your children remember about the holidays that you spent with your family? Here's to making memories this Thanksgiving holiday! Cheers!
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