How did everyone fare through the holiday? My cousin got caught stealing from my Aunt during dinner, that made for quite a lot of drama and an early departure for us for the kids sake. Any interesting stories on your end?

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That sounds fun. Mine was uneventful.

That sounds like a memorable Thanksgiving. We had a nice holiday with just our immediate family, which is how I prefer it. Years ago I would get roped into big Thanksgiving gatherings, and I really didn't need to listen to my cousin's weird husband and his theories. These days I couldn't imagine giving a character like that five seconds of my attention.

It was just me, my husband, my toddler, and my MIL. We made 4:00 reservations to eat at a restaurant with MIL and toddler. MIL caught a cold, so she couldn’t come. Hubby and I showed up at 4:00 with our toddler. We didn’t get seated until after 5:00 and didn’t get food until after 6:00. I made a 4:00 reservation so we could eat before toddler got antsy and tired. By the time the food arrived, toddler was done we just asked them to pack it all up and took it home. Also had to change toddler halfway through dinner and they didn’t have a changing table. 😞 Frustrating. We decided that next year we’re just going to go on vacation during Thanksgiving and get out of town entirely lol.

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