Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite times of the year. Ever since I was 3 I got up in the morning super early and helped my mom get the turkey ready for the oven and stuff it full of the stuffing. Now I do that part myself but since we live next door to my mom I do it over at her house and she still does the stuffing because I don't like stuffing. I was going to start Caden on the tradition of helping with the turkey but unfortunately he got Casey's bug and so I had to let him sleep because we put the turkey in at 5 a.m. too early for sick little boys. He did get to help with the other dishes though and Casey helped make the pies of course and had her very first experience with GREEN STUFF!!! She loved it and I am pretty sure she would have just eaten that if I had allowed it. Caden took the whole eating as much as you can to heart at meal time and just pigged out I have never seen him eat so much and he ate some of everything which I was proud of him for. Usually we only eat the one meal on Thanksgiving because it is so large and so after naps Caden came out and asked when dinner was and I told him he already ate dinner...this didn't go over well so he ended up eating a turkey leg and pie while the rest of us just had a piece of pie since we had saved that for then anyway. Caden told us though that pie wasn't dinner and so he needed meat. Casey being her typical self ate 2 bites of the pie and was done LOL Oh and a little tid bit about the Bug she does NOT like gravy or whipped cream on her pie. Very important info which was stated multiple times yesterday so no one would forget and put some on her plate.
My favorite is still the cranberry sauce from the can I know people think I am nuts but that is the only kind I like and sweet potato fluff with marshmallows on top YUMMY!!!!
Then after the kids went to bed and Joe had watched I think 2 football games and was getting ready for his 3rd of the day mom and I headed out to start our shopping! We started at Toys R Us which was a new experience for us seeing as we always avoid that store because of the madness it is but the deals were just too good to pass up this year. We made some new friends in the line waiting to get into the store and ran into some people we knew while in the store and I was able to finish all the kids shopping! Joe and I had already gone to the store the week before to think about what we really wanted to get them because we didn't want to go over board so it was easy to find things and I know the kids are going to be so excited about the games we got (even though after I bought the one I realized I truly have turned into a home school mom because I got it because it was going to be great for teaching the Bug her letters and continue to help Caden with his sounds LOL) I got the kids a vacuum a broom that where 60% off! Caden has wanted a vacuum forever he is gonna be so excited. I also got them Lincoln logs for 12.00!!! They are usually 25.00 for 100 pieces and Joe and I have put off getting them for over a year now because of the price again the kids are going to be soooo excited. There were other great deals too like puzzles and sleeping bags that were already on clearance. I might have a little too much fun getting the good deals but seriously I was excited. I didn't even mind standing in the 45 min line at the check out.
Then mom and I headed to miromar where I got Bug a 99 cent skirt from the Disney store and 4.00 shirt for myself (I splurged I know it wasn't for Christmas) and then just walked around looking at all the crazy people. We checked out Carters but soooo not worth it I looked at the pants for Bug and Caden and they still wanted 8.00 and I didn't think that was a good enough deal so we left there with nothing but I still love looking at the cute kid stuff in there. Kohls was next it opened at 3 but we got there early of course and mom got a bunch of stuff off her Christmas list and I splurged and got the kids 2 outfits each because of the great deals they were and got my Mom in law her birthday present so I can mail that out tomorrow. Then on to Target where I found a Baby Tiana doll for 4.00 that is normally 10.00 and since that is Bugs favorite princess right now that topped off her gifts and Caden got a spiderman shaving kit for 4.99 and a big monster truck he really wanted for 5.00 and that was the end of his gifts. We headed to the mall after that and just looked around because we were killing time before Dad, Joe and the kids met us for breakfast at 8a.m. at IHOP
Joe was amazing and let me take a long nap when I got home <3 I am still tired but had so much fun.
TOMORROW WE GET OUR TREE!!!!!!
