We had such an AWESOME Thanksgiving weekend! We of course missed our families in Ohio and Chicago though! Miss you all!
We did A LOT this weekend...So I'll try to keep it short, sweet, and to the point!
Wednesday - Matt and I met after work/school on the Upper West Side for the "Inflation Celebration." We walked in the masses and the misty rain to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons get blown up. It was quite the experience! Pretty cool...but crowded with tourists who don't know how it's done! ;-)
Thursday/Thanksgiving - 5 AM came fast, when we woke up, got ready, grabbed our goodies and headed to Harlem. We hung out for a bit, set up the turkey, and Matt, Mike, Zoe, and I headed to the parade while Lauren, Maya, and Rocket stayed behind. We got our holiday Starbucks, and made our way to close to the beginning of the parade route. We actually got a decent spot, and didn't get there at the crack of dawn. It was nice! Zoe had the best view of all...on Mike's shoulders! The parade was fun, full of celebrities we couldn't identify, great floats and the balloons we saw the night before! We headed back and the turkey cooked pretty fast! Lauren and Zoe set up the table beautifully, with place cards Zoe personally made for us! The meal was DELICIOUS and we talked about what we were thankful for. We fought through the 5AM wake up and food coma tiredness and built a gingerbread house from a kit we bought. It was fun! We enjoyed each other's company all day and had an overall great Thanksgiving! =)
Friday - We avoided black Friday crowds and I studied all morning... Then we decided to head out and we went to Costco-surprisingly NOT crowded! Then we went to Park Slope and walked around and checked out some places we've been eyeing for a while. It was nice, even though it was kind of cold! That night, Sarah made us delicious dinner, we brought cookies for dessert, and we caught up and played an Office trivia game she got Matt for his birthday. It was a lot of fun. This picture is from a "physical challenge" that said not to spill your cup of water as you ran it to the door, but Sarah ironically did before we even got up! haha. It was a lot of fun hanging out with her! It's been too long!
Saturday - Ryan from Matt's old work and his wife Christy came for the day! We had a blast hanging out with them and showing them around the city! It was great to catch up with them and have some fun experiences in NYC. We did a TON in a short amount of time! We were exhausted! In 7 hours or so, we walked 5th ave, went to Rockefeller Plaza and some shops and saw the new HUGE tree, ate lunch, walked to Bryant Park, ate a Crumbs cupcake, walked to Grand Central Station, took the subway to Times Square, went through stores there, had a Jamba Juice, went to China Town and Little Italy, and the Seaport! It was crazy! But a blast! We were so glad to see them! =)
Sunday - A low key day! Went to church, did some Christmas shopping at Target, went to the dog run, and just hung out enjoying the last day of our 4-day weekend. It went by so fast! Back to work and school tomorrow...but we have a fun evening planned at the Winters Eve Festival on the Upper West Side. =)
Sorry, I said I'd keep it short and I just kept on going! Whoops! I hope you and yours had an amazing Thanksgiving and Holiday weekend! =)
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I missed this post and I was in it! lol
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