Thanksgiving Fun

Yes, this is Thanksgiving Day, outdoors for lunch. You'll note that Andrew and Paul are wearing sunglasses and that no one is wearing a coat. It was a lovely lunch. We saved our big meal for the evening indoors.

Here's the whole Baker clan plus Sarah's sister Elizabeth and the Hays family from St. Louis. If you start with Alex and go clockwise the people you see are as follows: Alex, Miriam, Addison Green, Gretchen Hays, Jerry Hays, Elizabeth Wehr, Noah Hays, Andrew Baker, (Sawyer is just out of view), Sarah Baker, Jennifer and (Jasmine Green behind Jennifer's head.) Yes, we had three children under the age of two. Lots of mealtime excitement. Paul is taking the photo.

Poor little Sawyer was not himself for most of Thanksgiving as he had a bad ear infection that necessitated a visit to pediatric urgent care on Friday afternoon. His usual sunny disposition had its challenges since he could not eat or sleep well. When the medication he received did not include any flavoring his poor parents had their hands full trying to get him to take it. A kind pharmacist was able to remedy the problem on Saturday morning--the day Andrew and Sarah discovered their car had been broken into (two windows smashed) and their computer, etc. stolen. Fortunately, they were able to borrow Paul's van to return to Texas and the improved flavor of the medicine helped Sawyer to get some in his system.