Thankfulness

November has been a month for Thanksgiving! It started with my 8th birthday party and ended with spending time with my family for Thanksgiving. Here is my November thankful list:

1. I am so thankful for a great birthtday party with family and friends. We were lucky it stopped raining in time, so we could have a fire outside with a puppet show. We roasted marshmallows and played some fun games, like parachute and freeze dance. We ate some delicious pumpkin cupcakes too!

Enjoying a marshmallow with Maeve and Taylor

The Setup!

The Puppets were hilarious!

I love the parachute!

2. I am thankful for a road trip with my Mom! We started by driving to Rhode Island to stay with my Mema over night. We got to stop at the hospital to visit my new cousin Elsie also. She was so tiny and so sweet.

Uncle Andy and my new cousin Elsie

The next day we drove to New York City to visit one of my favorite people. Marcy is an Anat Baniel Method practitioner who I have worked with since I was little. She helps me learn how to move my body more easily.

Ms. Marcy working her magic!

What do I do we do with these?

While in NYC we went to the American Museum of Natural History. It had some amazing exhibits. We saw one on frogs and one on whales. We also saw the North American and African mammal exhibit. That was the best!

Can you see the frog?

More cool frogs!

Giant Whale Bones

REALLY Big Caribou

We also got to go to the Children's Museum of Manhattan. They had a couple of cool exhibits, but not as good as the North American mammals.

Making a heart beat

Amazing 3D art work

After all this fun we were off to Pennsylvania for some hard work. We were going back to the Family Hope Center for another visit. They are the organization that puts together my home therapy program. We spent two whole days there meeting with lots of people and trying out my new skills. I did have a chance to have a little down time, playing in the beanbag pit.

Chillin in the pit

Rolling down the wedge

It took us nine hours to drive home!

3. I was so thankful to be able to sleep in my own bed!

4. Finally, we got to Thanksgiving. We ran our annual Turkey Trot, and it was SUPER cold this year! Dad had to stay home to work, but Mom, Liam, Addy and I headed to RI for dinner with Mema and our Aunts, Uncles and cousins. It was a great time.

Pre-trot Photo

Making Cranberry Sauce

 All month long we worked on making this turkey.

It says everything we are thankful for. Some things were silly! It was fun to think about all of the things we care about and what makes our life so great.

5. And since I didn't write a Halloween blog, I have to go back and say how thankful I am for my rockin' fireman costume!

Ms. Tricia and I before the Halloween Parade

Lights and Sirens, oh yeah!