This past week we hosted 14 of our family members for a Thanksgiving adventure in New York. Have you ever decided to host that many people at your 5 bedroom home for 6 nights? Have you ever tried to feed that many people for many, many meals? Have you ever attempted to juggle that many people taking showers in 3 bathrooms? If not, I can tell you that it is quite tiring & a little overwhelming but so worth the efforts to spend a week with family. And we all came out alive which is a major plus ;)
We had a *home alone* moment Tuesday night when adults were drinking, kids were running & screaming, and dogs were barking as the pizza man showed up beyond baffled at the scene. I couldn't help but chuckle at the Christmas movie (a fam fave) and how that was *temporarily* my life.
Wednesday we all packed our overnight bags and headed into the city. Again try rolling a double stroller and 15 bags onto a crowded, narrow train with a bunch of folks from KEN-tucky...its a site to see for sure.
We enjoyed a day of tourism as we walked the streets of New York City from Grand Central to Rockefeller Center and from Times Square to Central Park. We hit up the M&M Factory and FAO Schwarz as a few of our main kid-friendly attractions. We took pics with Batman, Elmo, & Minnie Mouse. We dined at The Counter and Shun Lee West. We enjoyed all of the holiday decorations as well as the amazing views of Central Park from our hotel room.
Thursday we enjoyed the Macy's Day Parade from our suite at the Essex House. We were on a direct path for the parade so we could see the balloons & floats coming up Central Park West then watch them come down Central Park South as they passed our window. To see it all up close & personal was a treat as I've been watching since I was a child.
We returned back to Ossining for a Thanksgiving dinner feast. With an all-star menu including turkey, stuffing, mac n' cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, corn souffle, cranberries, salad, and dinner rolls, we definitely filled our tummies. Not to mention the *trifecta* of desserts: pecan pie, pumpkin pie, & pumpkin gingerbread truffle.
And then there was a lot of sleeping ;)
Hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving and long weekend!!!
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