New Words
So how was your Thanksgiving? Ours was low key and peaceful. I forgot about the Macy’s parade since that’s never been part of our West Coast Thanksgiving. The only year I’ve seen it was last year. We watched it in the hotel in the morning while packing up to move into our new house later that day.
We only watched the first half of the Cowboys game. I don’t care for the Cowboys and my team is having a losing decade (Phil says they’re rebuilding) and never plays on Thanksgiving. Still, I haven’t seen a football game in a while and I thought it would be fun. Boo enjoyed watching with me, but unfortunately for him, it led to the revelation that he’d been playing tackle football with some of his older and much bigger friends when they’d been told not to.  We had a good discussion about death and dismemberment and the dangers of football without padding.
Dinner was wonderful, especially since we ordered it from the Club this year. Very delicious! They improved their sweet potatoes from last year, bringing the whole meal up to the same quality I would make. The pumpkin pie was even better than mine.
Later, we all watched that traditional holiday movie, “Star War Episode 2.” By the end, Bip had added “Bobo Fett” to his vocabulary. And when it was time for desert he learned to say, “punteen pie.” He was so thrilled that he went around to everyone, letting us know that something good was coming. “Boo! Punteen pie!” “Yes, Bip, we’re having pumpkin pie.” “Daddy! Me-a punteen pie, too!” “Yes, Bip, you can have some pumpkin pie, too.” “Yay! Punteen pie!”
But the best moment was before dinner, when we went around the table, everyone saying what they are thankful for. Do you do this too? Bip, as he always does when he prays, listed his favorite people: Boo-a, Puntin Girl (or a close rendition of her real name), Mama, Daddy, and to our great surprise and delight, he added someone else for the first time. He said, “Becky.” Then he paused and added, “baby.” Yes, we are all thankful for Becky Baby.
Sounds like you had a very nice Thanksgiving!! It is so cute to see how little ones are interpreting words!!