Thanksgiving 2 (the Return)

Last night, we went over to some friends' house for another Thanksgiving dinner. There were six of us (plus two kids). Ironically, it both of the other couples the wife is American. The people hosting have an 18 month old son named Joshua. While we were getting the last things taken care of and getting dinner on the table, he and Anna were playing. It was the cutest thing. He would show her his toys and they would kind of play together. At one point, they were in the hall and he gave her a paintbrush (they are renovating their house).

This time, Anna was able to eat. She really liked the stuffing. I'm not really sure how much she ate but we also gave her mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, turkey and roll. Her favorite part may have been smearing it all in her hair. In the future, we will have to remember that sweet potato makes a great gel.
After dinner, Joshua grabbed a brussel sprout out of the kitchen and was carrying it around. Naturally Anna wanted it and took it from him (she's assertive like that). When he couldn't get it back from her and was getting pretty upset, we got him his own. The two of them proceeded to eat their brussel sprouts (yes, these are raw brussel sprouts). Anna only took a couple of bites and spit most of it back out but Joshua went all out and ate the whole thing! It was expecially amazing because he didn't really eat his dinner.

After sitting around a bit and cleaning up a bit, we had pie. I love pumpkin pie and Anna seems to take after me in that regard. We gave her a little piece and when she was done with that and wanted more, we cut another small one and she ate almost all of that too. Of course, can you blame her? Pumpkin pie is pretty much wonderful. After more sitting around, talking and being full, we headed out. We didn't get home quite so late this time but it was still past Anna's bedtime. At this rate, she may never get over her cold. Oh well, it was a lot of fun.