Happy Thanksgiving. It is always my favorite holiday of the year. Big gatherings, yummy warm food, the chance to give thanks, to have a second chance and to start the holiday season with family and friends.
This year was mellow and small as our family celebrated on its own. Lily woke us up with coffee, homemade scones, and our traditional braided bread. After breakfast, we went and hiked up the mountain behind Dubrovnik, took in the view and came down in time for video chats with family near and far, cookies and a movie.
Along the hike, the kids were funny and playful, and I asked them what they were grateful for. I thought I would share:
- Hedgehogs because they just are great
- Dad not having any hair, so he does not shed hair, and it is easier to keep the house clean
- "My ears to tuck away horn hair" - i.e., the baby hair around her face
- Coffee, because then I have something to serve you in the mornings
- Pigs because, well bacon and bacon is great
- Athleta making great clothes and so I don’t have to
- Mom's clothes, so she can carry them in her bag, yet I can wear them when I want to.
- Dogs because they make me happy to look at, that one, ok that one, or and that one. I think they stopped counting at 13
- Bread products - no reason needed
- Mom's limbs - they are fun to pull on, hold on to, wrap around me
- Dog outfits, because they make an already great thing better
- Digital phones, because now I always have a camera, music and I don't have to carry anything else.
- Portrait mode on the phone, because it makes everything look better
- The decorations around Dubrovnik, because I love Christmas decorations, and they are even better on castle walls
- Ice cream shops, everywhere, especially this one because they are kind, call us "Alaska" and give huge scopes of "half and half" ice cream
- Stylish clothing, because Europeans are so stylish and it is fun to look at their clothing
- "Mandarinas" or small oranges that have been consumed by the kilo over the past month.
- Granny's soup, because we love her soup
- An oven because you can use it for so many things
- Sunshine, because it is beautiful and makes you feel warm
- Warm swimming water and the Adriatic swim challenge
- Escalators (as we were climbing up hundreds of stairs)
- Shade (as we got hotter climbing up the stairs.)
So be it warm or cold wherever you are this Thanksgiving, we hope the dogs were cute, the oranges were plentiful, the phone pictures were in portrait mode, and you all enjoyed some Granny soup.
Our little crew for the year.
Braided bread - accidentally baked on broil mode
Face-timing family
Orange juice to go with the oranges!
Two of the three: Dogs on portrait mode - she reminded us of our sweet Luna who we miss a ton.
Cheers friends!