Some Christmas gifts came before Thanksgiving this year, as we started the celebrations of both holidays while in Pennsylvania.
Sophia loves selecting gifts and giving them.
Her Great Aunt Jan gave the gift of a piano lesson.
Bop-bop spent some time on the piano as well, but mostly with the model train table which was very popular.
Aunt Rachael and Uncle James brought the big kids over to the playground before the Thanksgiving meal.
Nada joined us for dinner and wrote what she was most thankful for along with the other guests (Jason wrote: "Sophia").
Nana and Bop-bop hosted the six of us, as well as Uncle Ray and Aunt Jan, Cousin Emilie, Nada, Rachael and James.
The day after Thanksgiving we rode the train into Philadelphia.
The Franklin Institute was having a special exhibit on Christmas Trees and Trains.
I was particularly thankful for the time we got to spend with Emilie since she lives in Louisiana.
About a month earlier we had gone to the Plymouth Plantation.
This trip was inspired by Sophia's realization that there was a nearby physical representation of what she was learning in school.
I loved how hands on the experience was, with plenty of opportunities to climb and run.
The chickens were the highlight for the younger three.
And while Sophia was the only one who listened to a lecture on the first thanksgiving, the rest of us were still able to immerse ourselves in the time and place.
