Tender Mercies

Spoons, spoons, spoons. We had the most eventful game of spoons this Thanksgiving, one that will surely go down in our family record books for years to come. While I don't think blood was drawn this year, we did have crazy antics of sliding across the table, bracing feet on someone's chest to tear away a spoon, and grabbing a spoon from an unsuspecting hand who was trying to stop the madness. My five-year-old niece loved watching the action from my lap for the first bit, but then it got a little wild for her and she actually decided to go to bed. (Since when does a five-year-old decide to go to bed?!) It was great times...