Mino's First Thanksgiving

Mino had his first family holiday this weekend - Happy First Thanksgiving. We had a houseful! Nana and Grandpa and Poppop came to visit on Wednesday. Aaron and Sarah flew in on Thursday and Aaron's family came to visit on Friday. What a holiday. I didn't think our little house could accommodate everyone, but I was wrong. It was a very fun and warm holiday. Literally, with the stove, so many people, and temperatures in the 50's in November we didn't need heat for the weekend.
I am a space cadet mother and managed to not capture a single picture of him all spruced up in a dashing sweater vest for the occasion. For that matter, I didn't get any of us as a family either.
What I was on the ball for was capturing our third annual After Thanksgiving Day Sandwich contest.
First. Mr. Klawiter opened the gates:
Not to be outdone by her brother, Ms. Klawiter followed up:
In true ginger fashion, in a claim that she is avoiding carbs, Ms. DeWolf did not want to use bread (but had about 3/4 lb of potatoes and stuffing on her plate) but changed her mind in the end and went with a half roll for hers:
Mr. Felices always likes to go outside the box so went with a triple decker this year:
But the true winner is little Mino. Poor little guy couldn't really partake in the eating, other than what went through into his milk, so he decided to one up everyone:
It was so easy for him to win, he gloated by sleeping while posing for his picture with his sandwich. Now that was off topic from the title of this blog so I will got hot and heavy with Mino pictures for the rest.
He got to meet two very important people this weekend. First his Uncle Aaron who calls with his auntie nearly every day, not to talk to us, but to look at Mino.
Poppop got to meet his first great grandchild and was fantastic with him: Mino would just chill out as soon as Poppop took him. Poor Poppop can't hear very well though, thanks to lots of flying, so didn't really know when Mino was tearing down the house. Hey, maybe we are on to something there. . .
Also, the Packers played, and won (11-0 thank you very much) on Thanksgiving so Mino got to take that in with his Grandpa: He was worried about messing up his freshly cleaned hair so went with a superbowl bib rather than his trademark gnome Packer hat. He is a slave to fashion. What he loves especially about his hair is his little swirl on the back of his head, he is looking forward to being able to hold up his head a little more to show it off to people:
Mino is about to be displaced as the newest member to the family. A little fellow named Gryffindor WolfKlaw will be joining us around Christmas. Auntie Sarah and Uncle Aaron had to go pick out which dog could live up to such a solid name - this guy won. Now, for the photobomb of Mino: He loves this little playmat, but we don't know who gave it to him. It came from Amazon without a packing slip. If anyone wants to claim this amazing gift - I am all ears. He stares up at those little alien faces for hours.
He is learning about his tongue I think and his new face of the week is this one:
And for the finale : A sneeze face!