For some reason, I am really excited about Thanksgiving this year. Maybe it’s because we’ve really been talking it up to the kids and they’ve been drawing hand-turkeys and talking about Charlie Brown and all those things that go along with this holiday? It’s also a chance to get together with Robyn’s family who we definitely don’t see enough these days. Chloe and Gabriel really enjoy playing with Douglas and Hannah so it’s an opportunity for some big fun and now that the kids are a little older, they pretty much entertain themselves while we get some “adult” time to chat with family. In any case, I was thinking about some Thanksgiving memories last night:

When I was really small, we would go to my Aunt Gloria’s house in Southbridge, Massachusetts for the day. In my earliest memories,  she had this big house that I don’t really remember very well with the exception of a few interesting tidbits. For example, there was an airplane in the basement. Continue reading →