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Grateful

This year, I am thankful for a husband who will go along with my crazy schemes.

(For those of you who are wondering, we got all of the lower cabinet doors back on, and about half of the lower hardware. The upper cabinets are still all open-faced. Nobody mentioned it. And, believe you me, my mother-in-law would have said something if she’d noticed.)

I am also thankful that said husband will wake up on Thanksgiving morning and install that new chandelier we bought a few weeks ago, and then iron the tablecloth and set the table. All without any prompting from me. And all while making less of a mess than I do when putting together a sandwich.

(He does leave his tools everywhere, but I am teaching the toddler to clean up after him.)

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(The new chandelier has both LEDs and real candles. It’s pretty much my favorite thing ever.)

I’m grateful for this little turkey, who just keeps getting sweeter and more fun.

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We watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade together while Kristian was playing with electrical wiring. It’s not really my jam, but I enjoyed seen how much LJ enjoyed it. She wasn’t super into the floats (she hasn’t seen enough TV to know who most of the characters are), but she loved the dancing. At one point, she asked me to find her “ballet shoes,” so that she could dance along. We couldn’t find her shoes, so I tied on the tutu that I made for her a while back and let her twirl around the living room.

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I’m grateful that we were able to share a lovely meal with my in-laws, and then cut loose when my family came over to watch football.

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(Photo courtesy of my little shutter-bug, who would burst mode my iPhone completely full if I let her.)

I’m grateful that my Dad and Step-Mom let us tag along with them on a “big adventure” down to the Hartford area so that we could visit with my grandmother and then attend a party at some family friends’ house. Not only did LJ and I have a blast, it also gave my poor-put-upon husband a day to have some peace and quiet.

(Pro-tip: if you are nervous about going somewhere with a two-year-old, tell them you’re going on an “adventure.” She spent the entire trip down shouting “we go aaaaah-ben-turrrrrrr” and smiling. And she was as happy as clam.)

I don’t think I’m grateful that my kid looks at her own picture like this, but it sure is hilarious:

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I sure as hell am grateful that Lilian get’s to spend time with not one, but two great-grandmothers. She loves her GG so much. We were about 15 minutes away when I told LJ where we were going, and she started clapping her hands and yelling “yayyyyyy!!!!”

I am grateful that my sister Allison moved back to the correct coast, so that we can do things like go to the same party and hang out.

I am grateful for family friends who will read the same book three times in a row, so I can put my feet up for a few minutes.

I am grateful for a daughter who will pass out the cookies that we made together to anyone within arms’ reach, offering up a big smile and an “I maaaade dis!”

I am grateful for a daughter who wants to be in the band.

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I am grateful that we can get home late from our big adventure and count on my husband letting me sleep in the next day.

I am grateful that I have so much to be grateful for these days.

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