This year for Thanksgiving, we drove over to Suffield, Connecticut to spend it with the Parnins. The drive to their house is on the short side of things when you consider we have driven over to New York and down to Maryland. Quincy did complain more on this car ride, including telling us that “my butt is sweaty”. This was most likely true, as he was riding in his car seat in fleece pants. Needless to say, we did not make that same mistake for the car ride home.
Quincy hadn’t seen the Parnin girls, Mary and Sammie, for two years when they came to our house for this same holiday. There was no trouble with him warming up to anybody. They all jumped right in and started playing all sorts of things. Sammie is a big fan of the movie Cars, as is Quincy, so that was nice. Quincy’s biggest worry was that there would only be dolls to play with. Now, I have nothing against Barbie (and Mary has a bunch), but it just isn’t Quincy’s thing.
Thanksgiving day was a day of too much food – the way it should be. Steph and Dara did a great job on the meal prep and getting things ready for the company. The other company was Frank’s parents, Auntie sister (she’s a nun) and his sister Marie and her family. It was nice to see all the people I hadn’t seen in years.
On Saturday, we drove up to Holyoke to go to the children’s museum that is there. Coincidentally, Grammie and Grampa Rock were in Holyoke for the weekend for a reunion. So, we invited them to come to the museum as well. Quincy had a great time playing there and getting to see his grandparents for most of the day. We saw them on Sunday AM for breakfast too, before we left for ME.
All in all, it was a really nice getaway for us. A big “thank-you” to the Parnins for putting us up for that many nights. We enjoyed our visit and were glad that the kids all had fun playing together.
There’s a bunch of pictures from the holiday over in the galleries.