Turkey, Contemporary Art, and Cake Mountains

Here's our November.

We felt blessed to have lots of family time, starting out with a visit from Anthony's brother, Nate. 

Here we are at the Motown Museum.  I highly suggest a visit to anyone who loves music or loves tour guides that brake out into song and dance at random moments. 

We then had a double lunch in order to compare Coney Dogs at two restaurants started by rivaled brothers.  They're pretty much the same hot dog smothered in onions, mustard, and chili, but the consensus was that Lafayette was slightly better. 

 Here we are at Belle Isle.

Here's the Heildelberg Project which consists of outdoor installation art covering at least one city block.  Actually some of it isn't "installed" sense it's made of buildings that already existed. It's pretty awesome.  We were invited to write our names on the "guest book," which was really the first house on the block covered in people's names. 

The Gift Shop

The Artist: Tyree Guyton

This is the House of Soul...

which was burnt down 4 days after we took this picture.  So sad.

Anthony and Nathan's birthdays are less than a week apart, so I made them a Canyoneering Cake.

Eliot was also excited to partake.

James helped us put up Christmas lights for our first time! I love Christmas.

Eliot finding his way to some cinnamon rolls.  That kid knows how to take initiative to get what he wants. 

Then we had the opportunity to drive to upstate New York for Thanksgiving.  Two of my siblings live in the same state, which is almost unheard of, so we thought we'd take advantage of the togetherness.  We had a blast.

It was fun to see the boys get reacquainted with cousins, and with

 snow!

I love my sisters.

Dad reenacting his Mother's great storytelling skills that she'd display during Thanksgiving dinner.

The food was amazing.  Mmmm....if only there were more leftovers. 

The parents.  I hope to be as great as them someday.  

What can I say?  Family is the best!

Besides the fun visits, we are doing well!  Anthony and I started teaching Birth Classes at the beginning of the month and we're LOVING it.  

Ira is going through...what shall I call it?  A faze that includes moments of defiance and rudeness.  sigh...  But most of the time, he's pretty great.  He's still loving preschool, and last week he went to the allergist, and to my surprise, was completely cooperative!  Yay!!!  

Eliot, is as cute as ever, especially when he's happy.  And as I said before, he takes initiative to get what he wants.  This only drives me crazy some of the time since he really loves shoe laces, electronics, and outlets... and sticking things in his ears.  Parenthood rocks.  Alright, peace out everyone!