Our Dumb Blog: Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving Richard and I enjoyed a very special treat, we got the company of both of my parents. They arrived on Tuesday after my written final exam and stayed through Sunday. The day they arrived we took a very expensive trip to the Natural History Museum... Why, you ask? Isn't it a Smithsonian, which means free entry? Yes it is, but we decided to drive, and parked on Constitution where we recieved a $100 parking ticket. On the upside, my father did at least see one of the Smithsonian museums on his visit to DC.

In our cool 3D glasses for the Grand Canyon IMAX

In front of the Easter Island Head

On Wednesday, I had to work while Mom and Richard started on the feast preparations...

Thursday, Feast Day, Thanksgiving... We got up and per tradition watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, while preparing lunch. For four little people we had a 8lb ham and a 14lb turkey (which we actually put on the scale to confirm), plus all the fixins (dressing, cranberry sauce, green beans, gravy, rolls, sweet potatoe balls, pea salad, devilled eggs, chocolate pie, carrot cake, and a chocolate pecan pie).

On Friday...Christmas BEGINS!!!! We headed out and purchased our first real Christmas tree, and got my Dad out of the house long enough to take a trip to whole foods and to the Marine Corps Memorial.

We even have a real star for the top!!! (Also, a first)

The rest of the weekend was spent mostly eating Thanksgiving leftovers, watching Christmas movies (and Pawn stars), and my dad not leaving the house. Me, Richard and Mom headed out on a few hikes/nature walks to Great Falls and to the Teddy Roosevelt Island.