Happy Thanksgiving!

as this day focused on being thankful draws to an end
I am reminded of how full my life is...
spending my day with those faces was the best gift.
Daily I am thankful for the laughter, the gifts, the chaos, the joy
that is life with this crew.

silly cat

 

how we spent the afternoon

playing blokus

 

video games

card games

and more card games, this involving bettig and lots of groans
there is no picture of pictionary (sad) but once again Linette and I won.

thankful

to have spent this day with these faces...
thankful that they fill my life with such beauty and wonder

linette's family

my dad with my family

and with linette's family

thankful

 

 

 

 

for all these faces who fill my life

what is a post about thanksgiving

 

 

without the photos of food being consumed

family

 

 

 

 

 

food....

 

 

 

 

 

 

so much food...
reyna's look sums it up quite well...what to choose.
only a couple glitches getting the meal prepared...
a bit of a mishap with a table and two pans of desserts...
plan b? just didn't have as much dessert
all good and no one seemed to notice
full tummy's, time with family, laughter, and naps
a very good way to spend this day focused on being thankful!

Day's end

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our home these past few weeks...

where one got sick, and then another, and another and so it continued
resulting in phone calls to school almost daily for a week with the news that this one would be staying home or that one...I briefly wondered if I shouldn't go to school, it had to be healthier there than in my home....one just doesn't want to let go of this germ fest...above is the current assortment of stuff she
is taking...she is the one who seems to always get the worse case of any bug going thru the house
it just seems to be who she is...a couple of trips to the doctor and it seems that maybe just maybe we are on the end of this round...

the wonderfully warm temps this past weekend

 

 

had us putting up the outside decorations...
how unbelievable it was to be out without coats
I remember far too many years where attempting to do this required coats
and resulted in numb fingers and toes
not this year....a rather fun way to spend some afternoon hours...

a christmas countdown

 

found on pinterest
wrap a book for each day until Christmas day..
then each night a child opens the wrapped book and we read it...
love any idea that brings reading into the picture, and who doesn't like the magic of
opening a wrapped present?

a reading nook....

 

 

 

ahhhh Pinterest you are my inspiration and my downfall
last night i was browsing Pinterest which I tend to do with my down time and stumbled across
this pin..how to convert a pack and play into a reading tent.  Brilliant!
I knew instantly that this would be a hit with my daycare kids...just one problem.
as of saturday I no longer had any pack and plays in my house.  They fell victim to my cleaning spree that happened over the weekend...you know the one where I cleaned each child's room.  emptying closets and drawers and removing all things no longer needed or used.  I suppose I could wonder why I had not seen this totally cool idea sooner, or I could go on about the lack of pack and plays...but instead I just went back to the good will store and bought one of my donated cribs.  yes bought, made the guys day, don't try to analyze that your head will hurt trust me.( and actually I didn't go to the store and buy it back, kevin did he rolls like that or maybe he just gets tired of listening to my whine)  I am just goig to go with the thought that I did a good deed (donating) and an even better deed (buying from the store, thus generating revenue for this business owner) so a win, win. It works in my world :)
and they love it,all day there has been a child or two curled up inside reading a book.
now that is a very great thing!