Thanksgiving Fun and Follies

Can you believe Thanksgiving was here and gone?!

I am still in disbelief that we are headed toward Christmas!

We have been running around like those headless turkeys...

prepping for Thanksgiving and potty training.  

I decided to take a little break from all things pee related to wrap

up our Thanksgiving fun and some follies!  

{I have to keep things interesting!}

I will do a separate post on potty 

training if I live to tell about it!

This week we made turkeys modeled after the one Ethan

brought home from school.

And the boys LOVED the printable book

The Very Thankful Pilgrims.

{who says turkeys can't fly?}

{featured at Tatertots and Jello!}

Earlier in the week we also had a visit from 

Auntie Kathy and Uncle Dan, who live in Colorado.

Kath and I have been friends for 30 years! {eek!}

She is Griffin's Godmother, and we just LOVE any time we get to spend

with them.  Oh how I wish we lived closer!!

It was a late night with a lot of pizza and beer.

My kind of laid back night with friends!

As I headed out the door Thanksgiving Eve,

I had to capture this Daddy snuggle-fest!

Here is where I begin to lose it!!
Out running errands, I am in the store,

listening to the music, thinking of what I need to buy,

and my attention grabbed by these beautiful flowers,

but I am flabbergasted at the $30 price tag!

They were gorgeous, but my turkey wasn't even that much!

I turn around and walk away with what I thought was my cart...

a woman comes running after me,

her purse was in the cart too, and yep sure enough I look down,

I don't recognize one single thing!  So embarrassed and all I could 

mutter was a quick apology and a reference to just being exhausted!

{I don't think she was buying it!}

I went on my merry way, paid, ran to another store and 

Matt sweetly put the groceries away for me when I got home.

Next morning, Thanksgiving, I am starting to cook

and I am not recognizing AGAIN a few items

in the fridge.  Yep, they gave me someone else's bag!

Oy Vey!  Thankfully I also had all of my stuff!

I really thought I had gone mad! 

Since Thanksgiving is not my holiday to host,

we continued at our own pace which was LOVELY.

I cooked a Thanksgiving meal for us... 

Ethan helped make two pumpkin pies,

he is a pumpkin pie rockstar!

Matt cleaned the turkey, because while I will do it,

it really does gross me out.

And then of course horseplay, it wouldn't be any day in our home without it!

We are so looking for the day when we can all head outdoors

and play some Thanksgiving football!!

We watched the parade, the little boys saw Santa

and they loved seeing some of their favorite characters as balloons.

E cracked us up, "I had to close my eyes until Hello Kitty was gone."

ever.the.boy.

We packed up the boys after some awesome pie

and headed out to my parents.

It was such a wonderful day, 

it always is when we can just be together.

I did try to head out to Target at midnight, but once I got there the line was insane!!  I got a few GREAT deals last week, and truth be told unless you

are vying for a big electronic item, I didn't see much out there this year.

Did you?!

Well, I thought I would leave you with our Thanksgiving Menu.

I can't believe we pulled it all together in about 4.5 hours!

And I was thrilled the turkey turned out because it was only 

my second time cooking one.  

{happy dance!}

{Thanksgiving Menu}

Turkey

 stuffed it full of apples, onions, and a poultry rub on top with LOTS of butter!

Scalloped Potato Gratin

my boys do not like the texture of mashed and these are THE BOMB!

Broccoli Casserole

my guys love broccoli and also carrots...

Honey Glazed Carrots

Herb and Apple Stuffing

Trader Joe's cornbread

Pumpkin Muffins

Good ol' pumpkin pie

Fresh Market Apple Pie

...I am going into a food coma!...

Our tables can't get too fancy {which I don't mind at all really!}, but I still wanted to make it nice! I threw some dried beans and peas in mason jars with candles, it was really pretty actually!

So what do you say?  Onward to Christmas?!

{michelle}