Palm Springs Thanksgiving

We were invited to Jamie's aunt's house in Palm Springs for Thanksgiving. The trip started on the busiest travel day of the year. We flew to LA in the morning and then drove to Palm Springs. We hit traffic so it took about an hour longer to get there than it should have. By the time we got there we didn't want to do anything else but relax in the hotel and we even ordered room service.

We spent Thanksgiving morning at the Living Desert in Palm Desert, a zoo. We got there when it opened at 9:00am. It was a fun time seeing some animals and Jamie and Lucas even got to feed a giraffe! They sure have long tongues! There also was a 3.5 week old baby giraffe. So cute! There also was an elaborate train display. It rocked Caleb's world. It was the first thing we saw when we entered the zoo and he didn't want to leave.

Train town

Giraffe

After the zoo and a nap, we headed to Jamie's aunt's house. Jamie's uncle is really into collecting life size statues. It was impressive and some of it was a little intimidating. We had a yummy dinner with all the traditional Thanksgiving food and then some. Lucas especially loved the potato/leek soup and Caleb loved the pretzel rolls.

On Black Friday Jamie golfed with his dad, aunt, and uncle. I met up with a friend who has 3 girls one of which is the same age as Caleb. We went to the Civic Center Park. I think it was awesome (and probably necessary) to have a tent over the playground.

After the park we cooled off at the wading pool. If it wasn't for the 1 foot deep wading pool I wouldn't have gone near the pool with the boys by myself. Lucas now knows how to jump and he enjoyed jumping into the pool. I need to get swimming lessons for him ASAP.

On Saturday we took the boys to the Children's Museum of the Desert. They love to run around and see all the exhibits and touch everything. There was this cool magnet wall where you could throw metal objects and see it stick to the wall.

On Sunday Jamie and his dad golfed while I hung out at the hotel and then at the mall with the boys. I picked Jamie up at noon and we headed back to LA and then flew home. It was another exhausting travel day.