Thanksgiving Weekend in a (n Absurdly Long) Nutshell

Editor's Note: Feel free to scroll through this post as quickly as possible. It is truly absurdly long. It's really intended for my crazed, hyper-detail-oriented readers (Grandma and Grandpa, Gangy and Grandalf, miscellaneous stalkers, etc.) Plus, it's not funny at all. Any good intentions for humor that I had were summarily squelched by the absurd length. Sorry. ENJOY!

THURSDAY

The day started with cuddle time on the couch (say hello to No-Makeup Jean):

Weston loves his blue blankie, and he snuggles with it all the time:
We watched the Macy's Parade (of course!!) while the bird roasted:

I whipped up some side items:

And Tim carved that beautiful bird:

It was a veritable feast, and clearly much, much too much food for two people:

Hooray for a great meal and bounteous leftovers!!

For his part, Weston enjoyed sucking on his mashed-potato fingers:

FRIDAY

I went early-bird shopping on Friday morning (WHEE!), and this is the only photo that I took (hello again, No-Makeup Jean):
That evening we headed to Old Town for the annual Holiday Celebration. Weston explored while we waited for the trolley:

The child is always palpably more satisfied with his existence when he's roaming around with the help of a couple fingers:

He looked cute and cozy in the stroller, thanks to his swell new hat:

We enjoyed the festivities with Takob:

Family photo fun!

A big section of a street was blocked off and covered with snow. Well, it wasn't actually snow... it was more like a sheet of icy slush, but everyone enjoyed it (and I hoped that maybe someday they'd make it to Utah to experience real powder):

Ya just don't see this in SoCal... except in Father of the Bride, the night before Annie's wedding:

We also got to enjoy some reindeer hindquarters:

Later we posed for a lovely group photo:

And I fed Weston some baby cereal while Tim rode a bronze wolf:

Weston was adorable at the Cheesecake Factory:

Bursting with baby excitement:

Enjoying the delicious spoon:

Looking very much like Tim (for the first time in his life):

Next we hit Squeeze & Scoop, the new fro-yo joint where you squeeze your own fro-yo, top it however you like, and then weigh it to pay. I think I was the last person in Pasadena who hadn't been there yet:

It's very light and cool and trendy inside:

We concluded our evening by visiting the newly-lit Christmas tree at One Colorado, where I proceeded to take a horribly blurry photo:

SATURDAY

My appointment at the salon finally arrived! Say goodbye to Old Jean:

Voila New Jean!

I strongly recommend that you visit Erika at Madison 101 if you're in need of a new look. She is incredible:

I love my short bob!!

That evening, we put up the ol' Christmas decorations. I helped Weston hang his shiny new ornament:

Here's Tim getting in on the decorating action:

Weston enjoyed staring at us and the pretty lights:

It's fun having our tree up. It makes me smile.

Afterwards, Weston played in the Christmas tree box for a good long while:

And later, we busted out his tiny collection of Christmas-themed board books:

SUNDAY

On Sunday evening, we visited Griffith Park for the annual walk-through Light Festival. Weston got good and bundled up:

It was sponsored by the L.A. Department of Water and Power (I don't know about you guys, but for me, Christmas = L.A. Department of Water and Power):

There were many cute displays:

But somehow a whole herd of radioactive zombie deer managed to get in, too:

It was much haha fun time yah!