Thanksgiving was a blast at the Rehm household...as always.
There was more food than you could imagine and Jen's family, our family and a bunch of additional folks came to enjoy the turkey and the camaraderie. As you can see from the pictures, many people thoroughly enjoyed themselves and that's what Thanksgiving is about.
This year, the kids crazi
ly ran around the joint. It was a first as Eban was very independent and chased the kids all over the house...I could barely keep up. Eventually, I gave up and stood in the hallway and waited to make sure he'd come running out when all the other wee ones did. It was new as I'm used to eating with everyone and now I'm watching kids and I'm lucky if I get enough food! Ahhh, what yo
u forfeit when you have kids...all these things are so new to me. Late that night, someone yelled down the hall to me to ask me, "How was it being a hall monitor!" Funny, I thought...I wanted to yell back, "How is the dessert!" as I hadn't had any yet and that's one of my favorite parts of Turkey Day.
ly ran around the joint. It was a first as Eban was very independent and chased the kids all over the house...I could barely keep up. Eventually, I gave up and stood in the hallway and waited to make sure he'd come running out when all the other wee ones did. It was new as I'm used to eating with everyone and now I'm watching kids and I'm lucky if I get enough food! Ahhh, what yo
u forfeit when you have kids...all these things are so new to me. Late that night, someone yelled down the hall to me to ask me, "How was it being a hall monitor!" Funny, I thought...I wanted to yell back, "How is the dessert!" as I hadn't had any yet and that's one of my favorite parts of Turkey Day.Anyway, occasionally Eban would get slammed behind a door as he doesn't know that's not a good place to stand when kids are running from room to room. He'd come crying to me and it took a two minute hug to settle him down and then off he'd go...back
to the kiddie races.
to the kiddie races.As the night settled down, all the kids hopped into bed to watch a flick. As I finally had time to catch up with people, I heard a little girl voice say in a loud manner, "E
BAN IS BEING MEAN!" Oh great. I have the mean kid at the party. Oh all things...I'm "that" kid's mom.
BAN IS BEING MEAN!" Oh great. I have the mean kid at the party. Oh all things...I'm "that" kid's mom.The little girl cried some more and then went back into the room to watch the movie. One of the big kids told me she stole the blanket Eban was resting under and that's when he shoved her. Nice.
We finally headed home around 8ish...which is early for us and when I made it home, I finally had dessert!
And in this last photo, check out how big Eban's teeth are becoming. It really is crazy how fast they grow.
OOhh, and Eban's vocabulary is increasing with the words popo (what nani calls poop), car, and papa. Nani and Ryan thought they heard him say Jack but it might have just been "ack".
