A Pilgrims Feast ~ Happy Thanksgiving

Today at school the girls learned all about the meaning of Thanksgiving. They spent the morning making pilgrim outfits to wear for their "feast". Each child was asked to bring one food item that was assigned to them to add to the feast and they each took turns adding their contribution until they had made a Thanksgiving snack mix to then share with each other.

The also had to make their own place settings for the table including a place mat that included a turkey made from their handprint and a statement about what each were thankful for ... Miss Madison was thankful for Snow White ... mommy assumed Miss Alyssa was thankful for Sleeping Beauty, but got a teary eyed surprise when it read Alyssa is thankful for mommy ...

Suddenly $15,000 in infertility treatments seems like a bargin for these blessings ...

Happy Birthday Grandpa & Joshua!!!

Happy, happy birthday to Grandpa and Joshua!!! Tonight we met the family at Kubiki restaurant where we had reservations to sit at the Teppanyaki grill and have dinner together ... all 13 of us!!! We were there to celebrate Grandpa's 59th birthday and Joshua's 17th. Even though mommy was hit with another migraine on the way to dinner, we still had a great time, although I think you see in mommy's eyes above that the old head was not doing great.

Mommy also forget her camera ... so we had to make due with daddy's Blackberry ... sorry for the fuzzy shots, but we couldn't help ourselves when both girls picked up chopsticks and ate their entire meal!!!!! They were offered forks, but wanted to eat like everybody else ... they actually did better than some of the adults!!

The girls especially enjoyed watching the chef cook our food at the table. The volcano onion with fire rising from the top was their favorite!!! The chef asked if mommy cooked like that to which Miss Alyssa replied ... "No ... but she does burn her fingers sometimes."

Gotta love kids honesty ...

A Little Dress Up Fun ...