Thanksgiving

Wonderful Times:

#1
Seeing the kids faces as we prepared the Turkey. Mia was much smarter than me. I assumed that the neck bag in the chest cavity was the extent of the giblets because we got such a small turkey and the rest of the garbage just didn't make it. Wrong! Oh well, I am sure that isn't the first time the bag was left in for the cooking. The bird was bagged and cooked upside down for a time. Then, cut from the plastic restraint and flipped upright and basted for the remaining time. This made for great drippings and a new tradition of gravy making in this house.



#2
We finally went on a family "Turkey Trot" after many years of talking about it. Right before we were going to eat, Fernando announced the race. It almost fell through when a massive spider was spotted on the driveway. My kids and spiders (especially Talia) equals rapt attention. They hovered over the spider trying to find all the parts we had learned about a few days before. I even had to take a closer look to see all the eyes. I was also the one who screamed the loudest when the spider decided to give me a closer look. We lined up finally and took off around the block. We made it with only a few complaints and warnings of possible death by running from the kids.


#3
Our annual "Turkey Chase" was silly like usual. Tiago snagged the most feathers with Fernando coming in at a close second. Usually, we have just colored our best rendition of a feather. This year and I think from now on, Mia suggested we color things we love and are thankful for.
Tiago drew a crane, dump truck, train, and bulldozer.

Talia got apples and a Lamb picture.

Mia had a Tinkerbell, candy cane, and a flower.



Best of all. . .Fernando was wake and with us for at least 4 hours. It was nice to have him home. Happy Thanksgiving!