Y2W27 - Thanksgiving is just another day

At the girls' school, they have a Christmas performance of the dances they have worked on for this semester. Bailey's class was on Tuesday and Avery's class was on Thursday. Yes, Thanksgiving here in Bonn is just another day. We began the day very early trying to thaw the turkey in water. We all had to be at school by 8:15am to have our conference with Bailey's teacher. Greg and I spent the majority of the day cooking. We each would take turns putting something together. I was much less stressed about Thanksgiving this year since it was mainly just our family with a couple of missionaries thrown in. I really missed watching the Macy's Day parade on TV while cooking. We had just enough time to eat in between the dance performance and the Lion's game. They lost as usual but it is still fun to watch American football every once in a while.

Friday, after dropping the girls at school, Greg and I went shopping in Bonn. It is amazing how the minute Thanksgiving dinner is over, my brain completely switches over to Christmas, just like that. Christmas music, Christmas shopping, Christmas cards immediately take front stage. The Weihnachtsmarkt was up and going so it was really fun to take it in while it wasn't so crowded. Below is a picture of me eating (big surprise) my favorite Weihnachtsmarkt food: champignons mit kräutersauce.

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After school that evening, Avery had a Birthday party to go to at the Circus School in Bad Godesberg. Bailey had a sleepover at a friend's house. We decided to drop Avery off and take in some of the Bad Godesberg festivities...

Here is Avery walking the "high wire" at her party:

On Saturday, yes, we hit yet again a Weihnachtsmarkt but it was one we didn't get a chance to go to last year - in Aachen. It was very crowded considering it was Saturday but still fun. We were all a bit tired which made the family dynamics a bit shaky at times, but we lived. It allowed us to evaluate how we've been doing as a family and if we are meeting our family goals. We had a family meeting where the outcome was that we could all do a better job of "making honey." We used a beehive analogy. I'll let you know how it turns out.