Thanksgiving Weekend 2013

We decided to stay in Santa Barbara this year for Thanksgiving and it could not have been a more beautiful weekend.  My parents came down to spend the holiday with us which involved eating lots of food and drinking lots of good wine.

Love these pilgrim hats they made at school!

The kids had a great time with Fanfan and Mimene. Zoe even learned how to play scrabble (the kid version).  

Legos...who doesn't love legos! 

Maddox trying to decide which toy to play with before settling for his usual - the train track.

Aren't all grandfathers supposed to dress up with their granddaughters?

And yes this happened too.

Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of the actual Thanksgiving meal. We started cooking a bit too late and the kids were melting by the time the food was ready.  I find it funny that this was the only picture I managed to take:

We've saved this pretty lady for over 3 years.  And it was delish.

I had to take this picture.  Jagger loves Zoe and always tries to sleep with her but it really only lasts a couple of cute minutes.

We ventured out to the Natural History Museum the next day. Hide and seek seemed to be much more popular than the actual exhibits.

Here's an attempt at a family photo...not bad actually!

Checking out the bugs

The "beehive"

 Chef Zoe helped Mimene cook left overs that night. So cute!

 While Maddox thought the top of the dining room table is a perfect place to play with the legos.

 Mmmm...almost done!

 While the ladies were cooking, I put my face painting skills to work. Zoe was a kitty and Maddox was a clown but I forgot to take pictures of the kids because I was laughing too hard at this elephant.

It was perfect beach weather on Saturday so we headed to Miramar Beach. It was Jagger's first time there and he was such a good boy!

He started in the back of the car....

But somehow maneuvered his way to the middle seat.  

Everyone is so happy to be at the beach! 

And here is Zoe getting her first professional massage. It was amazing, she sat completely still the entire time. And for those of you who know her, this very rarely happens.  She loved it.  When we asked her what her favorite part of the massage was she said "my feet."  :)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!