Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Things I learned during Thanksgiving vacation

Yang, Xiao Mei and I spent Thanksgiving with my sister K. She lives a mile away from my high school, so it was fun to go back to my old stomping grounds. (Does anyone still use the phrase "stomping grounds?" If not, I'm bringing it back).

Here is what I learned last week:

1. We like games. Yang and I don't play many games, but my sister and her family are big game people. We had so much fun playing cards, pictionary, scrabble, and a dozen other games I can't remember the names of.

2. XM is a TOTAL mama's girl. I suspected as much, but last week confirmed it. XM had two darling cousins eager and willing to play with her, hold her, walk with her, sing to her, etc, and XM only wanted mom. Ugh.

3. I like turkey. I had turkey on Thanksgiving for the first time in approximately 16 years, and it was great. Thanks for the delicious turkey dinner, K.

4. My 11 year old niece, J, is two inches taller than I am.

5. XM and her cousin, C, are adorable together. (They are the same age and met for the first time).


6. Miche bags are VERY cool. Check them out.

7. Apparently, Yang is a gamer after all. As long as it is Mario Cart.

8. Costco puts cocaine in its pumpkin pie.

9. I am getting old. We walked a 5k Thursday morning, and my butt was sore all weekend. (In my defense, C and I walked an additional 2 miles, up hill, in snow, without shoes).


10. It is always fun to catch-up with high school friends, no matter how much time has passed.

11. Cart-wheels are an acceptable mode of transportation. Just ask my nine year old niece, K.

A big THANK YOU to the C family for hosting Thanksgiving. I hope all of you had a great holiday.


5 comments:

runningfan said...

Fun to get a Ying & Yang update! XM is adorable. I'm with you on the exercise -- I jogged a mile on Thanksgiving and thought it would kill me. So sad! I miss our running days...

Kimberly said...

It was so good seeing you three. Too bad it was such a short visit. Email me your email address, and i will send you those pictures. They turned out very cute.

Khenrie@mac.com

Ashley E said...

Oh my goodness. It was so good seeing you. I loved catching up. Let's not let to much time pass by again. Love ya girl.

Hailey Vial said...

Too fun! I'm with you on the turkey, not on the pumpkin pie. I like my calories in the form of a can. Cranberry Jelly!

Anonymous said...

We loved having Yin, Yang, and XM on Thanksgiving, even though XM only wanted Yin. The C family had a great time as well and wish you would come back really soon! You learned a lot of really great things -- although Costco puts Heroine in their pumpkin pie, not Cocaine! Really it could be both of them together. I finally have your tee shirts from the 5K that I will be sending you. We have to have proof we did that. We love you guys and the cute ELFYourself. J and K laughed hard.