After making their relationship TikTok official on Sept. 12, JoJo Siwa surprised Avery Cyrus (no relation to Miley) with a picnic on the beach for their one-month anniversary. “Celebrating our 1 month in the most special way,” Siwa captioned a sweet video of their date. “Happy 1 month to the happiest girl who makes me more happy than ever.”
Speaking with POPSUGAR about her recent #JiggleWithUs partnership with Ocean Spray, Siwa says the moment was a “huge milestone” in their relationship. And it’s leading up to even more firsts, including their first holiday season together as a couple.
As Thanksgiving approaches, Siwa says she and Cyrus will likely be spending the holiday separately with their families, but she has something special in mind for their celebration together. “We will definitely have a little Thanksgiving, a little Christmas special spectacular together,” she says.
” . . . this year, I have the most incredible group of people around me that I feel like are going to be around me for a very long time, and I’m really, really grateful for that.”
Last year, Siwa hosted a Friendsgiving with her “Dancing With the Stars” partner, Jenna Johnson, and her vocal coach, Luke Eisner. This year, she hopes to replicate the festive dinner with Cyrus by her side.
“I feel like Jenna and Luke are going to be back over and we’re going to have a Friendsgiving again, and I feel like we’ll have Ezra [Sosa] and Avery [Cyrus] and my family, too,” she says. “Even though it’s Friendsgiving, you’ve got to have your family there.” Siwa is also looking forward to spending Christmas with her family; her mom plans to set up 17 Christmas trees.
@averycyrus Let’s hope I’m the last one she takes on a Disney date 😉
In their time officially dating, Siwa and Cyrus have gone on trips to Disneyland, filmed “fancy” date nights, and eaten delicious food together, all of which they have shared on TikTok. “She loves rainbow food, anything rainbow,” Siwa says of her girlfriend. “She makes rainbow spaghetti, rainbow pancakes, rainbow cookies. Anything rainbow, she likes to make [it]. And she’s the cooker. She likes to cook, and I like to eat. I like to enjoy it.”
Although Siwa is more of the taste tester when it comes to cooking, she does have some tricks up her sleeve around Thanksgiving: she loves throwing together turkey panini and making orange-cranberry relish in the days after the feast.
“My mom started [serving] Ocean Spray cranberry jelly sauce with all of our Thanksgiving meals but also just included it in all of her home-cooking meals,” she says, adding that she loves to mix it with stuffing. “It’s literally been my favorite food since I was probably, like, 4 years old.” In honor of the sauce’s 110th anniversary, Siwa even re-created the “Wiggle, Wiggle, Jiggle, Jiggle” dance trend, created by Mack Goudy Jr. of the electronic dance group Detroit Grand Pubahs, asking viewers to #JiggleWithUs.
@itsjojosiwa #duet with @oceanspray #jigglewithus into the holidays, aka Ocean Spray cranberry sauce season!!! Because my holidays are anything but boring. Show me what you got. #ad
With good food and great company to look forward to in the coming months, Siwa adds that she’s grateful for the amazing people who have come into her life this year — Cyrus included. “I feel like this year, I really found good people in my life, and I know that’s something that you say about any phase of life, if that makes sense. Like, ‘Oh, I have this friend group and they’re amazing now,’ and then your friend group changes,” Siwa says. “But, truly, this year, I have the most incredible group of people around me that I feel like are going to be around me for a very long time, and I’m really, really grateful for that.”