Preparing for Turkey Day!!!

We bought our Thanksgiving turkey on Friday! Chip makes a great turkey...he "brines" it in his cooking bucket before putting it in the oven. We are having a houseful this year...my parents and brother (Gigi, Pop, Uncle Robby), Chip's parents (Meme and Pop Pop; Papa Lee and Nana), Chip's sister and husband (Aunt Missy and Uncle Jim) and his grandmother (Nanny).

Will and I are making place cards for everyone with foam turkeys. We started some yesterday by sticking the comb, waddle, beak, eye and feet on them. Will did not enjoy that part very long but loved using the glitter glue on the body and on top of the colored dots (feathers). We used the whole tube up so luckily Hobby Lobby had all the glitter glue 50% off...Mommy loved that! So I bought two bottles because with all this cold weather, we will be making a lot of crafts!

Our "Muffin"

My family's cat passed away during the night. We got Muffin in April 1989 when I was 11 years old. She would have been 20 years old this upcoming April. She was our third cat (one had run away and the other passed away of feline leukemia). Muffin was the baby of our family. We have more pictures of her at some Christmas' then my brother and I . We will miss her dearly but she will no longer be in pain. I don't know if my parents will get another cat but she will always have a special place in all our hearts.

Mission Accomplished

I love to scrapbook but don't have anytime to do it anymore. Our dining room has been my scrapbooking room for the past year...well now I have to clean it!! We are having 14 people at our house for Thanksgiving. I sorted through a lot of ticket stubs, church bulletins, cards, etc from this year. I am glad to say it is all organized now so that when I go back to do those pages everything will be nice and neat.

I have had one particular "event" that I have been wanting to scrapbook but have not found the time. I wanted to do Will's ITP/St. Jude pages. I finally finished it tonight. I found this very therapeutic...that might be weird but I did! I had read a story about a girl who had been sick with cancer and her mom made her a scrapbook but mentioned nothing of the cancer..the girl wanted to know where those pages were... The point being that sometimes it is good to remember the not so good times. Will won't remember having ITP but it was a BIG thing in our lives for a year and a half.

Little Pilgrim

Will had his Thanksgiving Feast at school today. When I picked him up he was wearing his pilgrim hat and we can't forget the macaroni "Indian" necklace. I asked him if I could take his picture and he wanted to do it by the tree. Once we were on our way home he told me he ate a roll and some chips. I asked if he had turkey and he said yes.

Ben and I had a nice lunch with Daddy and a quick run to the store. I think Ben enjoys his "only" child time but I know he misses Will because he crawls around looking for him.

Will is 34 Months!

Will is 34 months today....2 months until the big 3!!! Will has become such the little boy. This year he has went from baby to preschooler. Will continues to keep us on our toes and always has the funniest things to say. We continue to count our blessings that he is now a healthy little boy.

Will is now taking gymnastics class at the Little Gym. He was the only one in class the other day so I got to take some pics. Our little boy has no fear when it comes to trying new things or heights! He loves the balance beam...I hated it when I was little (needless to say my gymnastics career was short-lived). The top picture is when he decided to paint himself!!!

FIRST STEPS

Ben took his first steps today!!! I was sitting on the couch going through some stuff (Will was napping) . Ben was cruising up and down the couch...then he turns around, lets go and takes 2 or so steps. Will walked at 10 months so looks like Ben will be on 2 feet before long!

Big Boy Bed

Well, I finally got around and took a pic of Will and his big boy bed. His floor was cluttered...thanks Ben!!! Ben loves to go to Will's room and pull the books off the shelf and blankets off the bed with help from Will of course...those little brothers cause so much trouble!!!