We traveled to North Carolina to celebrate Thanksgiving with Chris' family this year. We spent Thanksgiving Day in Winston-Salem with Ginger's extended familiy. We met Arlo (Isaiah's second cousin) for the first time. It was a beautiful day and the kids enjoyed playing outside. There is a decorative metal rooster and chicken in the yard that Isaiah was obsessed with the entire time. If we asked Isaiah what the rooster says, he'd say "dock-doo-doo". We couldn't really get him to eat any lunch because he was so fixated on the rooster. Of couse, he did take a break for dessert.
Charlie with Arlo in the background
Aunt Deda and Arlo
We made the beautiful drive from Hickory up to Blowing Rock for some shopping. Unfortunately, Isaiah didn't really get a nap so it wasn't the most pleasant experience. We did stop at the park in downtown Blowing Rock for the kids to play for a little while.
Hallie and Isaiah had a lot of fun together during our visit. Hallie now says "Saiah" for her favorite cuz. She likes to give him kisses (which tend to look like she's trying to bite him). Isaiah calls Melissa "Sissa". We also learned that Isaiah's very vocal nature comes from the Starnes side of the family...he and Hallie have very similar volumes when expressing happiness or discontent :)
Kiss on the head...
Trying to escape more kisses!
Here's a fun video of the kids playing in the hall/entry...
Overall, we had a great Thanksgiving and truly we have so much to be thankful. It's very easy to lose sight of the purpose of the holiday in the busy-ness of traveling. Hopefully, we can impress upon Isaiah the importance of daily thankfulness to God for his many, many blessings.
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