Our Thanksgiving Day

Well, Thanksgiving is done and now we just have the leftovers to deal with! I had sick children so it changed things up a bit for us. Cornbread and FlowerChild both have ear infections.

Wednesday afternoon the girls helped me make pumpkin pies. They turned out sooo good! I wish I could remember every little detail about it. From LadyBug on a stool, peeping over the edge of the bowl to Cornbread thinking he needed to have one too. FlowerChild talking too loud because her ears are all stopped up. Ha, I especially don't want to forget Cornbread pulling FlowerChild's shirt tail so hard she fell off her stool....she had a cup of evaporated milk in her hand which went flying across the kitchen...he fell down, she fell on top of him....it all resulted in a sticky, giggling little heap.

I planned on cooking the vegetables that night, boiling the eggs, and baking the cornbread for the dressing. For good Southern dressing, it helps to cook it the day before and let it sit to dry out some. Well, the little guy had such a rough time. He was so very congested and then the antibiotic made him sick. Every time I laid him down he would start coughing. Cooking went out the window in favor of rocking him.

So I got everything cooked yesterday and we had a great day. We finished putting up our outside lights. The children loved it, declaring it "Beautiful, like the North Pole!!" Ha, don't be too impressed..it was just some icicle lights across the front and some colored lights on the front porch and a small tree out front. The children loved it though!

The cold the children have been sick with that caused the ear infections? Well, it hit me yesterday full force after we ate. Good timing! I had been feeling it a little for a couple of days and thought maybe I would not have it so bad. Oh, well I was wrong. :) So we are all sniffling, snorting, and coughing together. Oh, yes, it's just lovely.

I guess you can tell by the time, I'm not shopping today. Lots of people get into all that but I never have really. One year I did get out and brave the masses at Wal-mart to get a Razor scooter for the GuitarMan....they were the hot item and they had them for $20!

Actually I can think of other things that should get us all that excited. But I guess that's a different post. :) So for now I'll just say have a terrific day!