The Night Before the Turkey

It is hard to believe it is time for turkey again! What a year, I feel like it has been on fast forward. I am sure I am to blame for most of that because I have had a resurgence of the Yes Woman. I committed to too much and then quickly saw the break down at home. ( at least in my pantry) No time for organization! I am planning on using the holidays...aka another adult around, to get some stuff back in order and purge all the extra stuff. 

This year I have been upgraded from just Jello salad to an actual dish that people want to eat. I am making butterscotch yams and a carmel chocolate pecan pie. We'll see how it turns out! I am exhausted from a cold that both Ty and I have. I'm blaming him. He is the one with his hands in his mouth all the time! Plus he is quite the kisser. I guess I'll pay that price for having such a cute momma's boy. He gets cuter and cuter every day as my older two get more sassy. 

Well, that's it for the mid-week update. Tate wants desperately to hang Christmas lights tomorrow and Ellie has discovered football fever after being part of a school civil war today. Pretty funny how quickly her world is expanding. Although no one really reads this blog, I still hope you have a wonderful day with your turkey or tofurkey...whatever you like. 

Today started early with 9am church and me being asked to speak. I have had a busy weekend for sure and am happy to sink into the couch and sort out my make up samples that just arrived. I will forward you a copy of my talk if you are interested. I can't seem to figure our how to post a link to a text file on the blog. Help!

 Later we are going to a tri-birthday party for all the November birthdays in the family. Should be fun!

Party Time!

Today Ellie finally got to have her Fairy birthday party, since she was sick last weekend! It was fun! Seven of her closest friends came over for a tea party and old fashioned games. They earned fairy tokens at each game to turn in for a pair of wings at the end of the party. To everyone's surprise a real fairy rang the doorbell and presented each of them with their wings. It was so awesome! It was also nice to have so many sweet little girls in my house! They were so fun and would have colored and crafted all day if I had let them. I am also posting a picture of Tate's gingerbread house. He is enormously proud of it. Tate begged for one of those kit's and would not go to sleep until it was complete. I would not be surprised if he becomes a chef someday..he loves working in the kitchen and making things he can eat. Nothing gets him excited like cake. 

Ellie has a four course lunch..

Ellie got to stay home today from school and have "rest" day. This flu we have all had lingers and makes us feel awful! She got to visit Meme Great and Papa Jim at the Astor House across the street and have an elegant lunch in their dining room. She was the youngest guest there! It took her 10 minutes to tell me all about it. Peach cobbler for dessert! I'm sure happy that my grandparents live close enough to see the kids every day! I've decided to make this blog a daily journal of gratitude because in every day there is always some sunshine, right?! Even though Tate was still feeling yucky and Ty is breaking all four molars at once, Ellie got a four course lunch!!

I'm Back!

Life did not end after the zoo! It just got super busy once baby #3 started to walk! Wow, everyone is a year older and it is almost Christmas. Time to start blogging again!