Thanksgiving Recap.

A Wee Holiday Review:

 Well, the festivities are over, the ten pounds have been gained, we feasted and we celebrated, we went over the river and through the woods to Grandmothers...and now we're back home again.  But, before we jump over into full blown Christmas mode, I just want to briefly recap this Thanksgiving's Holiday and give it the memory that it is due...

 The boys and I made our annual pilgrim hats and crazy turkeys.  I didn't have half of the ingredients that I was supposed to have, so we raided our left over Halloween candy and made due with what we had.  It's the silly tradition that means the most to them...

We made our crazy hand turkeys to give out to family and friends...

And Mrs. Preggo Mama left them right on the counter...

Awesome.

 And we hosted Grampy, Grammy, and sweet crazy little Great Grammy for the day.  Our house was full, our table was crowded, the noise level was a touch to loud for the Elders, and we ate way too much food, but it was lovely.  Sweet and simple with hearts full of thanks.  It was perfect.

 And for the festivities ~ we played Bingo while we watched the Macy's Day Parade, we also played a different silly Bingo game to see who got to go through the dessert line first; and in an attempt to make everyone upchuck their entire lunches, we played Pin the Hat on the Turkey and gave every one a good ten spins to get those belly juices flowing...

I confess, I almost hurled.

 And to top the weekend off, we kicked it up North to see my side of the family.  We won't all be together for Christmas, so we had just a couple of days getting into the Christmas spirit together playing games, being crazy, watching Christmas movies, making cookies with Grammy, giving sweet baby nephews tons of kissing, a last little bit of hunting, some venison jerky making, and just some all around love-o-ly Thanksgiving festivus making.  A gloriously, exhausting, belly-filling, family filled, jammed packed Holiday weekend, indeed.

And NOW....all things Christmas-y may come...in ALL of their glory!
We have flipped the switch, the Christmas carols are playing, the house is getting cozy, and we are READY!