Okay. You can think of this as "fast food".
It's gonna be quick, so don't blink or anything.
I gotta get this Thanksgiving stuff served and cleared so
we can get ready for Christmas treats!
First up, some pre-Turkey stuff.
Mikey's preschool took a trip to a local fire department.
Besides a tour of the facility, checking out a fireman in all his gear, and getting to climb on trucks, they all got the chance to help with the hose.
We got back Katie's school picture.
Um.
I'll let it speak for itself.
We opted for a re-take.
We've been working on trying to curtail the finger sucking.
One of the things we're trying is wrapping Katie's elbow with an ace bandage.
When she falls asleep, her arm straightens and her finger gets pulled out of her mouth.
I just can't bring myself to get any of those plastic contraptions to put on her
hand or to use any of those vomit inducing nail paints.
Sometimes the bandage comes unwrapped during the night.
Meet Kai (red) and Cole (black). Masters of Spinjitzu.
Meet Cole and Kai. Masters of Costume Changes.
DRAGON FINGER OF NOSE PICKING!
NINJA-GOOOOOO!
Turkey time!
In Huzbend's ever-quest to find the best turkey recipe he decided to do a salt rub on the turkey and then to "spatchcock" it for cooking.
Katie wanted to help.
She really did.
Then she saw Huzbend remove the neck.
Then she saw him shoving the salt under the turkey skin.
She didn't like it.
Here's the final product.
Crispy Skin - check!
Tender turkey meat - check!
Too much salt (which I liked) - check!
Oh well. Huzbend says back to a water brine for next year.
We had some guests for dinner.
Sienna, Logan and their Mommy joined us for our turkey feast.
Yes. That is mac n' cheese you see there.....
(we had chicken nuggets too)
This year we opted for a "whipped sweet potato bake" instead of the
traditional candied yams that only Katie and I eat (Katie only eats the marshmallows).
The bake was enjoyed by all.
Katie gave her thumbs up.
This was Logan and Sienna's SECOND dinner. They did pretty good.
Next up....dessert.
A Remlinger Farms store bought apple pie (I know, SACRILEDGE!), vanilla ice cream, whipped cream from a can and Double Layer Pudding Pumpkin Pie!
Heh. I thought I would try something different.
It was actually pretty good.
Even ice cream on your shirt is not a total loss....
Happiness. Sheer happiness.
Someone ate WAAAAYYYYY too much.
What better way to work off all that dinner than to play
Lego Star Wars on the Xbox.
PARENT HINT:
If you want your kids to take a nap, read them The Hobbit.
I'll just say it.
I love my huzbend.
Especially when he takes turkey leftovers and makes
individual turkey pot pies!
And last but not least, the week after Thanksgiving break Katie had her first Mandarin lesson.
It's an after school program.
Her Mandarin name is : Bai Ling
This is all part of her life plan, you know.
1. Become a veterinarian.
2. Move to China.
3. Take care of pandas.
