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Thanksgiving has come and gone, but the desire to give thanks remains. We are feeling so fortunate to be able to celebrate the holidays, and every other day, with loving families and friends (and this year even a furry friend). Of course, seeing Matt healthy and thriving feels like our greatest blessing this year.

We started our holidays early, on Wednesday, when Keegan got invited for a sleepover after school, to celebrate his friend’s Quinn’s birthday. Love, love, love these sleepovers! This is definitively something I was thankful for: a nice free afternoon, and a date-night with Matt, and of course a quiet, sleeping in morning- cat notwithstanding. We had a mellow time, with breakfast outside and relaxing.

Keegan came back in the early afternoon, as we were getting ready for the feast. We celebrated the holiday, as always, with a nice dinner at our house, with Daniele and her daughter Gaia, who is growing so fast, and is now a lovely pre-teen.

Matt cooked an amazing dinner, as always. A new entry, this year: corn bread shaped as the Millennium Falcon. It definitely turned out better than the ice cream we tried.

The evening was very nice, and we all had a good time.

The rest of the weekend was relaxing but fun: napping, reading, movie night, boys play at Belmont park, catching up, and we finished strong with a birthday party at Shelter Island, for one of his classmates. It turned out that his mother  and I have a few common friends: what a small world!

It was hard to go back to work, but we had a wonderful weekend, with lots to be thankful for. Now, on to the next big (stressful) thing: Keegan’s special day. We got this, we will make it through, I know it. Oh, well, in the vein of being thankful, I publicly admit I am aware that ours are just First World Problems…still the week that was waiting for us loomed large!