Did you have a good Thanksgiving? We had a good one, but it was the usual whirlwind of travel and activity and splitting time between multiple families. Here’s a roundup of our adventures!
We brought Charlie with us this time, because we didn’t want to leave her home for the dogsitter to worry about since she’s sick and on so many meds. He was nervous about being responsible for her, too, which I totally understand. This way we had her with us in case anything happened.
I was a little nervous to bring Charlie to New Jersey, as she can sometimes be grouchy and a little dog aggressive. However, she was practically a perfect angel the whole time. The poodles seemed excited to have a dog visitor – too bad Charlie doesn’t play much anymore!
But she still has energy for short walks!
Friday Ryan needed to do some yard work for his family, so his mom took me to her favorite quilt shop, Olde City Quilts, in historic downtown Burlington NJ. It was totally awesome! In addition to drooling over fabric, I learned all about sergers . . . and then realized i need to buy one for the business. 🙂 
Of course it wouldn’t be a proper trip to Jersey without Tomato Pie. We tried the new DeLorenzo’s, which moved out of downtown Trenton due to crime 🙁 but close to Ryan’s house in the suburbs. Almost as good as Marucas, and far better than ANYTHING in Virginia.
Friday afternoon we headed to Delaware to prepare for Thanksgiving Part 2. My mother always does Thanksgiving on Saturday.
I don’t really get to plan anything or design the table because we always do it the same way, but I did add macarons-turned-placecard holders. 
These vintage (and maybe not totally politically correct) pilgrim and Native American candles have been used on our thanksgiving table since before I was born. I asked my mother about them and she thinks my grandmother bought them in the 1950’s!
We didn’t get many family photos, but I did get this one before guests arrived.
My dad and his little man, my brother’s son. The first thing baby Adam does when he gets to the house is run to find grandpa, arms outstretched to be picked up by him 🙂
Adam was tired of sitting in a high chair so I volunteered to hold him while I ate. That was an adventure. He grabbed handfuls of food off my plate and ate them. I tried to get bites while keeping food in the general table area.
That’s my niece Caroline in the background. She’s my most favorite little girl in the entire world. 
Charlie also enjoyed Thanksgiving, loving all the plates that she got to clean off – and we were happy to see her eating so well for once! But I think she was happy to get home late Saturday night. It was a big adventure for her!
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You were in my ‘hood! Next time you come up, try Papa’s for tomato pie. They too moved out of the Burg and are in Robbinsville. They’re my fav!
That’s so cool! His family is in Hamilton. It’s funny, we actually said that next time we’re having a pizza competition. We’ll compare DeLorenzos, Papa’s, Joey’s and Marucas, bc I hear they opened a location in that area. I have had Joey’s in the past and thought it was awesome. Sidenote: it breaks my heart that they’re having to move out of the Burg because of safety issues.
So pleased to see that Charlie is doing so well – being able to travel and have some appetite sounds like a great time with her.
That quilt shop is to die for! I really love quilts and patchwork and that looks like a place you can get lost in! 🙂