Indians vs. Pilgrims

This year's Thanksgiving was filled with a little more physical activity than usual. All my family, except for my brother and his family, were in town for the holiday. So after the turkey was in the oven (the best turkey we've ever had) we met at a nearby track for some relays.

We were split into teams, the Pilgrims and the Indians. The first activity was the TURKEY RELAY where flour bag turkeys (made by Katie) were passed from one contestant to the next.

Next was CHUBBY TURKEY, exactly like Chubby Bunny but just different words. Though some of us have been known to have big mouths nobody but my dad has a physically big mouth. He was the champion of this game. We couldn't stop laughing and we watched the contestants shove marshmallow upon marshmallows in their mouths. Its important to note that some people get sick while watching this game. Next up was

THE PUMPKIN ROLL. Sounds like you roll a pumpkin right? that's what I thought but this was a little harder than it sounds. Each team had to roll a pumpkin with the stick side of a broom across the finish line. DRUNKEN INDIANS was the next on the list. Though not a very politically correct named game this is where the adults spinned (spell check is telling me this isn't a word) the kids around for several seconds and then watched them dizzily race to the end of the course. Afterward we had a wonderful CRABWALK match, which turned out to be a little painful on the track.

We ended the festivities with a CRANBERRY ON A SPOON RELAY, the idea was to keep the cranberry from falling off the spoon but someone forgot to tells the Indians that they couldn't actually hold the cranberry and the spoon at the same time.