Taos day 5- Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was fun. We all cooked together and sipped eggnog and mimosas and bloody Marys before we switched to my homemade Cherry Bounce and wine. Mom made an amazing dinner. The red chili gravy was THE BEST gravy I've ever had in my life, ya'll. The kids all watched the parade and saw the "real" Santa at the end. I think it was the best part of their day. Davis and Cruz and Sam played Barbies in the trailer most of the day and Andres played football with Michael and Ann outside, and then after dinner, played a really laughter filled game of Taboo with us. Marcie, Andres and I were on one team and Mom, Michael and Ann on the other. It was so fun and we intend to continue it today. We enjoyed the antics of both Amelia and the new puppy. As the sun disappeared behind the mountain we brought the kids in and watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
There was one bad splotch in the middle of the day. Right before we sat down at the table for our Thanksgiving dinner, Sam and Andres ran through the kitchen and Sam bounced into Andres and slammed the back of his head into the edge of the bar. He cut open his head and bled and bled and bled. We'd just been through this with Davis in Arkansas in May. We stopped the bleeding and dosed him with motrin and put a bandaid over it. We gave him a huge piece of pie and he was okay again. During bath last night we cleaned it out and looked at it. It's pretty bad. Worse than Davis' and I think that if we were at home we'd take it to get stitched. I'll look at it again this morning, but I think we'll treat it at home and he'll have a scar on the back of his head. Can't go on a vacation without a head wound it seems.
All in all though, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving- quite possibly the best yet, though I missed my sister. Today we have our last full day. I want to shop, eat New Mexican food and be with Marcie and Ann and the kids. And play Christmas carols! XO!