Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great time on our Thanksgiving trip.  We were gone from early Wednesday through Friday evening, so I am preparing our Thanksgiving dinner for today (Sunday).  On our way up to the hot springs we stopped in the town of Healdsberg for lunch and some wine tasting -  we will definitely go back there again, it was a nice little town where most of the wineries have tasking rooms right in the downtown rather than out at the winery.  We also made a few stops to do some "business" by the side of the road:

I know that some day he will be mad at me for posting that, but he did such a great job of asking us to stop the car and using the potty, that I want to share!

The drive up the mountains to the hot springs was twisty and turny, but also beautiful.  The resort itself is small and very nice.  I wish I had taken a picture of the amazing communal kitchen.  There are no restaurants up there, and the town is a 35+ min drive away on the mountain road, so we took food to cook.

A view of the valley:

The hot springs:

The pool and sauna house:

Two private tubs on the roof deck.  These were pretty neat, you could fill them up fresh for each person with the piped in mineral water:

There were also little rooms with private tubs.  These were the only one's O was allowed in because he is under three.  He really liked swimming in the "warm pool":

This morning, I was busy getting dinner ready; Tom, Kristen and O went out to the Jack London Square Farmer's Market.  We ate after O's nap.  It was a big meal!

O was not so interested in the dinner, but that was because he knew what was coming at the end:

This kid LOVES his pumpkin pie.  He ate two full pieces and wanted more!

KRay is Here!

Kristen arrived today.  O is very happy to have another visitor, and Tom and I are very excited to see Kristen.

Tomorrow we are heading north for a two night stay at Orr Hot Springs.  We will have Thanksgiving on either Saturday or Sunday since we were able to get reservations only for Wed and Thursday nights.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Crafts

Nan and O have been busy making crafts for Thanksgiving this week.

They made six of the pilgrim turkey plates plus the pine cone owl and gourd turkey to decorate the Thanksgiving table.

Today is Nan's last day visiting.  We sure have enjoyed having her here!

Nan's Here!

Nan arrived late Friday night, and we have been having a great time with her.  On Sunday we drove up to Sonoma for some fun and some wine tasting.

 He seems a lot bigger and older now rolling these big rope balls around than he was in May.

Little builder - he was very intent on stacking and poking sticks in the sand.

We made a stop at Train Town.  The little rides and the train were a big hit with O!

Me, Nan and O on the train ride.  He was pretty excited about the ride.

He was not as excited about the carousel though...

He rode the airplanes all by himself!

Overall we had a great time mixing in wine tasting for the adults with fun activities for the little guy.  Now, me and Tom are back to work, and O is handing out with Nan, making crafts and playing.