We had a lovely Thanksgiving Day at our house, just Mia, Jeff, and I. We feel truly blessed in so many ways. Mia is starting to understand the meaning of holidays, but not quite. On Tuesday, she said, "Mom, I want Thanksgiving!" as if she were demanding a lollipop or strawberries.Yesterday Jeff and I got a babysitter so that we could have some time alone together. We did a little bit of shopping and stumbled on a great sale on some of the old classic games from our childhood. We picked up Don't Spill The Beans and Don't Break The Ice. (Unbelievably, one of Mia's parents is able to sing both verses of the 1960's jingle for Don't Break the Ice. You know, the one that goes... Tap hard once, tap hard twice, there goes another block of ice! And parent 2 thought it was so catchy, s/he learned it as well. Jeff wondered aloud if the jingle-composer is collecting a royalty every time we sing it.) We were looking for something to do last night, so we broke out both games and played them with Mia. I have to say that it seems counter-intuitive to a 3-year-old that the object of Don't Spill the Beans is to get rid of your beans. Mia wants to get as many beans as possible, and what kid wouldn't? Mr. Milton Bradley would have been proud to see us enjoying our first "family game night." And of course, we were teaching our gal sportsmanship as well.
Today I went out for a bit and when I came home, Jeff and Mia were raking leaves. Mia was an energetic helper.
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