Canadian Thanksgiving

Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October. I'm often asked what it is that Canada celebrates for thanksgiving. And the answer is...unlike the American tradition of remembering the pilgrims...the Canadian Thanksgiving tradition comes from being thankful for a succesful harvest. There is a little more detail to the history...but that is the general reason.

Anyway - My parents came down to Connecticut for thanksgiving weekend. I don't remember the last time I was in Canada for Thanksgiving...it's been a long time! Here are some pictures from the weekend.

We went for a walk along the shore here in Connecticut and took lots of pictures. Here are just a few of them...

After the walk - we went back to the hotel that Kathy and Dan were staying at and went swimming in the pool and the hot tub!

I spent most of my time with Paige on my back telling me to go "faster, faster"! It was a good work out! :)

Because Mom and Dad were driving back to Montreal on Monday - we decided to have a thanksgiving dinner at my apartment on Sunday. Even though we normally eat turkey on Thanksgiving - I suggested Ham instead since I didn't really have anything I needed to make the turkey (My kitchen supplies and cooking skills are limited).

I think dinner was pretty succesful. And it was a lot of fun to have everyone come to my place. I had to try to entertain the kids since I don't have a whole lot of toys for them to play with. I broke out the slinky I had in my closet...and had Jake watching one movie on my laptop and Caleigh using my mini dvd player (since they couldn't agree on the same movie!)

And for Paige - Well everything I tried only lasted a few minutes with her. One of my attempts was taking pictures with her! :)

It was a great Canadian Thanksgiving! I'm still not sure what I'm going to do for American Thanksgiving....stay here...go to home to Montreal...or go somewhere else..!?!! What ever I decide..it will be better than work! :)