Pomerleau Family Blog: November days leading up to Thanksgiving!

At the beginning of November, Sean and I got to escape for 36 hours and go up to Seattle for the night to watch the Seahawks play the Raiders. We bought tickets from my Dad's childhood friend who owns Season Tickets and was very lucky to have awesome seats to the game. We got to go out with my good friend since college Corinne and her sister to watch the Ducks play at a bar (gasp we never get to go out to bars any more with the kiddos). The next morning we had brunch with Sean's sister's family and his cousin Zach. Then we headed to the game and met up with my cousins Lauren and Alex who happened to be in Seattle for the weekend for the game. The Seahawks beat the Raiders but it was closer than we thought it would be and was a great game.

Marshawn Lynch Skittles drink I had

Sean and his niece Biana outside of Pike St. Market

Sean and I outside of Pike St. Market

At the Game!

Meeting up with my couins Alex and Lauren before the game

Sean and I at the field all dressed in our Seahawks and Raiders

Sherman-our seats were awesome!

Our first beer we brewed-Raspberry Wheat ale-super yummy for our first batch!

In November, we were greeted with several very cold clear days. They had forecasted snow even one day but we only got a light dusting that did not even stick but got a ton of icicles. The kids still loved going to the park even though it was cold and clear. Olivia learned that she loves slides. She would go down the slides over and over again sometimes with Brandon and some times by herself. She also is very sturdy now on her feet and has gotten quite adept in running around the playground and going on the play structures.

All bundled up ready to go to the park

Brr its cold out here! At Cook Park

Olivia discovered slides and how much she loves going down them!

Going down the slide together

Still fitting in her cute hat from last year

At Jurgen's Park in November

Cold clear day at Jurgen's Park

Going down the slide together all dressed in Ducks gear!

Daddy and Olivia selfie

She loved going down the slide

Go Duckies!

In November, I got the kiddos dressed up in some Christmas gear to take photos for our annual Christmas card. They were such hams for the camera!

Silly kids!

Running around the store all dressed in festive gear

The Thursday before Thanksgiving, Brandon and Olivia had their annual school Thanksgiving luncheon. My mom and I went to the luncheon with the kids. Brandon got to wear this cute little turkey hat they made in Jr. Kindergarten. He had a lot of fun with his friends and we discovered that both kids love turkey and pumpkin pie! Olivia also loves cranberry sauce. Interestingly enough neither kiddos liked mashed potatoes.

At Brandon's Thanksgiving luncheon

Playing with his friends at the Thanksgiving Luncheon

Olivia at the Luncheon in her cute turkey dress

Olivia and Brandon after the luncheon

We had a lot of people over to our house for Thanksgiving. On Wednesday night, everyone arrived around 9:30 PM. We had Grammy and Papa (Sean's parents), Great Grandma P (Sean's Grandma) and Sean's sister Dawn's family including her husband Jose and their kids Kevin and Bianca. Sean's parents brought their friend's motor home which helped with the sleeping arrangements since our house did not have enough sleeping room for everyone. All of the cousins had so much fun playing together all weekend. Bianca and Olivia interacted but did not play that much yet but Kevin and Brandon really played well together and were good buds.

Everyone brought food and a dish to make. We made the traditional turkey and then Sean smoked a prime rib in our new Traeger grill. We had garlic mashed potatoes, rolls, fresh cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, and Dawn made a yummy pear crisp and Sean's Grandma brought a pumpkin pie. Needless to say we were stuffed after Thanksgiving dinner and everyone went to bed pretty early that night. I snuck away with my good friend Brooke that night to do some early Black Friday shopping.

Everyone stayed until Sunday for four nights. We played Cards Against Humanity that we borrowed from Rosie and Thomas, watched the Civil War game, and watched a lot of football and ate a lot of good food. It was a very fun time.