Saturday, November 30, 2013

Thanksgiving in New Jersey

We headed to NJ to spend Thanksgiving with Mark's family this year. The kids had a great time connecting with cousins they hadn't seen in a long time!

Brittney and Mariah went with us to the Crayola Experience in Easton, PA. The kids got to name a crayon color and print a label, build a marker, and play with Model Magic - Crayola's version of Play-Doh.




They also got to color the old-fashioned way ...


And a new digital way!


They got to make hats ...

and mold their own crayons.


Super fun day!


We also visited Carlo's Bakery (the Westfield location). The original location is in Hoboken and was made famous by the TV show: Cake Boss.



We had the bonus pleasure of meeting William Michael Alboum, the first great-grandchild for Mark's parents, born to Mark's niece, Samara, on Nov. 24th. William is a wee but healthy peanut at just under six pounds. My smallest baby was 8 lbs. 3 oz.!


On Thanksgiving day, we gathered at Mary's house where 16 of the 22 cousins were present. SO AWESOME for my kids, who don't get much cousin time in Texas. A few even came to Grandma's on Friday to see us off to the airport!


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