Thanksgiving

 Early in November the girls helped me make our Turkey Box (painting is such  messy fun! Lydia ditched the brush for her fingers early on.). The body is an old tissue box, the perfect depository for notes of what you are thankful for. We had it out with strips of paper and pen the rest of the month. Lydia would go to it often and ask me how to spell things like 'my little sister Abigail,' 'chocolate chips,' and her stuffed animal named 'Jelly.' Abigail would go to me asking "what [letter] comes next?" mimicking Lydia. I  put down things like 'sunrises,' 'cuddles with my kids,' and 'a husband who picks up dinner.' Then during Thanksgiving dinner at home we took them out and read them. We sorted and counted out how many entries each person made. For who had the most, it was a tie between Lydia and I, and then we found a strip of paper on the ground with 'my whole family' written on it. Lydia won and was deemed the Turkey Queen! If Daddy can step up his game next year, we can modify the title to Turkey King.

Turkey Queen 2014

On Thursday we made our pilgrimage to Aunt Sue's house in Indiana for a delicious traditional feast. We got to meet our cousin Ben's (serious) girlfriend and go outlet mall shopping the next day.

Then on Saturday we had another feast at Grandma Linda's house. It was hard to get everyone in one camera shot, but really cool that we can all fit at one table! Happy Thanksgiving!