Had a great turkey day. Last night I put my little turkey in her little first thanksgiving outfit and took some pics because today I had her in a cute dress. Lucky I got the pics yesterday because today before we left the house she had a blow out, and that's the end of the turkey outfit... it's lasted through 3 kids and it's ready to be retired... hopefully the stains come out, hahaha... I'll wash it tomorrow.

No huge family gossip... like after some family events. I'm starving... after every event I'm starving... by the time I make sure the two kids are fed... then the baby wants to eat... so I eat fast... but not that much... which I guess is good... I knew there wouldn't be any leftovers, there usually isn't, so that's why the turkey Jeff gets for work, we'll cook tomorrow... eat it all weekend, then throw it out... who cares... it's for free... usually it sits in the freezer forever... because usually you want people over, because you can't eat it all. But really... when you cook the bird up... there isn't that much meat on it... I'm not sure what pound bird they had today, but by the time I went to eat it... I got hardly anything... and there was only about 8 adults.

His other sister came after dinner and brought ornaments for us to paint. She used cookie cutters, and baked them, so they were nice and hard. So... the kids painted and colored. Jon used marker... he enjoyed it... but just did one ornament and then was done. Our niece was funny, she has an obsession with purple... every single ornament she did was purple....

Jessica... who acts like such a big girl... fell asleep on the way there (1 hour ride) and fell asleep on the way home. SOUND to sleep on the way home, major snoring... didn't even stir when Jeff picked her up... I should have brought pj's to his sisters and just changed them into them before we left, but I thought we were going to leave sooner than we did. Oh well. I was able to get Jon & Steph in their pj's.... they were wide awake... Jess barely could walk to her room... so we just left her in her outfit.... No big deal...

I'll tell you a little secret... if we have somewhere to go in the morning... I usually dress them the night before... less work for me to do by myself in the morning. I read that online once before... and was appalled... that was... until I had 3 kids to get dressed and out the door early in the morning.... now it makes perfect sense...

I swore I was going to wait on the xmas tree, but I'm anxious... so I have a feeling we'll be doing that tomorrow. Jess colored her paper ornaments today... and then we painted ornaments at his sisters.... she gave us more to paint too. I made a xmas paper chain earlier in the day. It's a count down to xmas. I explained it to Jessica earlier in the day, that she could cut off a chain link every day and then when there were no more chain links left... Santa would be here... and she was excited. I even printed out a pic of Santa... so they are both hanging in my kitchen. I thought that the paper chain links were a good idea on the xmas tree too... since this year... It will a homemade year... or maybe some unbreakable ornaments... or ornaments without hooks in them... just string.... And hopefully Jon won't be too bad... he might surprise me! I already know what to expect from the cat......