Happy Thanksgiving everyone

Our first ever official Thanksgiving Holiday, and we are lounging around at home doing nothing but Christmas movies and a little light baking – gingerbread men and bread.

We are actually going to our first ever Thanksgiving meal shortly so are really looking forward to the experience πŸ™‚

Vicky has put the Christmas decorations up since apparently it is acceptable given that the Thanksgiving week is the signal of acceptance…. πŸ™‚

We have three trees up, one in the lounge, one in the family room and Elly has one in his bedroom πŸ™‚

It has got quite cold here as well in that we have needed to switch on the heating in the house this last 3 or 4 mornings.Β  It definitely has been getting close to 0 degrees C in the nights, although does raise up to 14 or 15 C during the days thankfully.

Grandma and Granddad are here and we have holidays ahead

We collected Grandma and Granddad from the airport yesterday afternoon, and had a nice dinner out at Outback Steakhouse last night πŸ™‚

Typically, we have had wonderful sunshine for the two weeks that Kerrie was with us, and now that Grandma and Granddad have arrived, the temperatures has dropped from 26 degrees to 15 degrees and it has rained heavily πŸ™

Daddy has the week off next week, so we are hoping for lots of relaxation and holiday stuff πŸ™‚

Christmas is coming…

Last night we went to Santana Row to watch the Christmas lights in the area being switched on πŸ™‚

Seems really early but apparently the week before thanksgiving is the tradition for this place.

Lots of music, dancing and excitement.

Typically Elly was happy just sat in the pushchair with an iPhone and Olly just wanted to be on his feet and in the crowd πŸ™‚

Heat wave…

Believe it or not, it has been nearly 30degrees Celsius today….

Apparently, it is going to be this way for three more days this week, before cooling off to under 20 degrees just in time for Grandma and Granddad arriving on Friday. Typical πŸ™

Looking forward to a week off and to experiencing our very first Thanksgiving πŸ™‚

Christmas stuff has arrived in the shops…

The weeks are rapidly passing us by, however, finally the Christmas stuff has appeared in the shops.Β  We were out today on Santana Row, and noted that the Christmas Trees and other festive lights etc appear to be up in the streets outside the shops.Β  Even some of the shops are sporting Christmas attire πŸ™‚

We went up to Muir Woods yesterday (north of the Golden gate bridge) to see the redwood trees – apparently some are 3000 years old.Β  In fairness it was a nice walk through the trees since the paths were either tarmac OR fully decked out to make the whole experience just easy. There was pain in parking the car – we had to park about 1.5 miles away and walk to the center, but it was a nice day, so no drama.

Simon has one more week of work and then has a week off – yay !Β  AND Grandma and Granddad are coming to stay for a couple of weeks.

Daddy was away in New York all week last week, so it is nice to be back and looking forward to a week holiday.