Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Izzy wanted to create a handmade gift for his homeroom teacher (which was also her 4th grade teacher).  Given the pandemic, this seemed all but fitting!  I love how creative she can be.

The recurring theme for 2020 is that traditional holiday celebrations have been postponed or revamped.  This Thanksgiving we would have been enjoying Oma & Opa's company.  However given the upswing in COVID cases and their age, it was best for this to happen another year.  We sat down as a family and discussed how they would like to celebrate knowing it would just be the four of us.  We all agreed to forgo the typical turkey meal at home and find an activity to get us out of the house.  That was easier said than done as many places in MA are still not opened yet.  We had wanted to go to Great Wolf Lodge which was to open over Thanksgiving.  That too was postponed until a yet to be determined date.  Eventually we settled on driving to Red Jacket Resort in New Hampshire to enjoy Kahuna Laguna - their indoor water park.

This was certainly not the typical experience we've had in the past when we've come up here due to the limited number of people allowed in.  That wasn't necessarily a bad thing as there was ample space to enjoy ourselves.  The kid's favorite was the wave pool.  It didn't matter what else we would be doing.  As soon as the kids heard the alarm sounding the beginning of the waves, we dropped everything and headed over.

This is one of my favorite pictures.  Micah and Victoria would sit or lay in the water while the waves pelted them over and over again.

This was Izzy's favorite spot to be as the largest wave occurred here.

Victoria and Micah are now officially tall enough to ride by themselves (over 48 inches tall!) down water slides.  I never thought I'd see this day.  Even so, we all enjoyed riding together in double inner tubes.

I was expecting our Thanksgiving meal to be whatever the options were for in-room dining.  However the hotel was offering a 4 course traditional Thanksgiving meal which Izzy and I ordered.  Micah and Victoria were excited to have other options but did enjoy the soup appetizer and Thanksgiving desserts. 

The following day we stopped at my favorite store in North Conway... The Christmas Loft.  They opened a new store next door (Tricks and Treats) which is all about Halloween.  Definitely still my favorite.

We continued the Bures tradition of putting up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving... always brings smiles to our faces!