Oh, Say Can You See…Happy Thanksgiving, Take II

Though the Columbus School really is a Colombian school, they think of themselves as a binational Colombian/American school. This is only out of respect to the teachers, though half of the import teachers Canadian. None the less American Thanksgiving is celebrated with gusto here; including a formal staff dinner sponsored by the ASOPOF (PTA), an all school (kindergarten 4 to 12th grade) assembly, and a four and a half day weekend.

Many teachers take the long weekend to get away and explore Colombia. Not us! We decided to stay and celebrate in style at Mike and Jen’s house. Mike and Jen are from San Francisco. They have two beautiful girls; Quincy, who has just turned 2, and Sydney, who was born in August. Mike and Jen love their football. They have a satellite football feed and get every NFL game live at their house. The last time we were there was for a football party with both girls wearing San Francisco 49ers cheerleading outfits.

Thanksgiving was done in true American style with 11 of us watching the football games, attempting to play a game in the yard, and gorging ourselves on copious amounts of food.
Henley, our dog, was also invited to join the festivities and play with his buddies, Comino, Xiao, and Kika. The dogs were the most successful playing football, making more blocks and tackles then all of their human counterparts combined. After getting completely filthy in the yard we set down to a traditional Thanksgiving meal: Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, green beans, yams, salad, and pumpkin and apple pie for dessert. The rest of the evening was sitting around the fireplace sipping apple cider and being thankful for our new friends.