The kids and I made it a week-long project to make one thing together each day. They wrote the recipes in their own recipe books, and we took things slow in the kitchen so everyone got a turn to sift, stir, and scallop. Some of our food we made together included pinwheel bread, rainbow jello, French silk pie, deviled eggs, and scalloped potatoes. (This was our "Life School" this week...) This was a lot of fun. I loved it + the kids loved it = SUCCESS!
Bob and I brined the turkey overnight - he wasn't going to get out of cooking something for Thanksgiving. MMM, good! (He had to work all day.)
Jan and Dale came for Thanksgiving, and we loved talking and laughing with them. They are so much fun! We love them, and thank them for making the trip!
At the end of our day we played our favorite bedtime game. Bob has the kids (and Jan caught the spirit of it too!) line up and then he says, “If I tap you on your (insert medical term like ‘patella’) then you will say your prayers in the garage…” He goes through all the kids, rooms in our house, bedtime necessities, and lots of body parts!
We also added to our Thankful-For Tree. Every night with our evening prayers we each say something we are thankful for. During the month of November, I write what everyone says on a leaf for our tree. By now we have an orchard! This is one of my favorite traditions.
3 comments:
You guys are an awesome family! We sure miss you. I love your thankful tree...can I steal it? Looks like you had a lot of yummy food!
What fun!I love your thankful tree.. you are such a great mom! Sorry Joel had to work, that is no fun at all. We miss you!
It appears that you had a fantastic Thanksgiving - sorry we missed it. It's great that everyone was involved in the meal preparation, perhaps that made everything taste better to everyone! Glad that you got to share the holiday with Jan and Dale.
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