Turkey/Lasagna Time

Per usual, we had quite a fun time celebrating Thanksgiving this year!

Max's class had a Thanksgiving lunch and he, of course, attended with Noni & Bop. 

Note: Please look at the confusion on his face regarding what is on his plate. Are there actually kids that eat read food like that? I have no idea where I have gone terribly wrong, but my kids do not eat things* like mashed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, corn, pasta, etc.

*Or, turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, lasagna, etc. They basically ate rolls for Thanksgiving. That's normal, right? I mean I didn't even eat turkey; I am just not a fan. But, what I would not give for one of my kids to eat something easy like an egg. I would make them all of the time; it would be so nice. 

To celebrate a day off work/school, we hit up a pizza place for lunch the day before Thanksgiving. My kids DO eat pizza, which brings their total menu items to a total of 5. 

I thought, "Won't it be fun/festive to make these turkey muffins with apple slices as the feathers for them on Thanksgiving morning?" 

They did not agree. Max was mad because:

1. He did not want the turkey placemat; he wanted the Ninja Turtle one. 

2. He didn't want the apples touching the muffin. 

3."Why is this turkey here?"

4. He is 2. 

THANKFULLY, GG is able to make a delicious/well presented spread for us all of the time. She always pays so much attention to detail for holidays. 

So much food. 

So much football. 

So much destroying of GG's house. 

After Thanksgiving, Max decided he needed a snack so he made it easier to get the marshmallows out of the cereal. 

Our girls/Levi came to visit & Noni continued the celebration of Thanksgiving festivities. 

We looked up and Max was feeding Levi a popsicle. This is pretty huge because Max does NOT usually share popsicles, so that is some pretty intense love. 

Kennadee came over to "decorate" Gingerbread houses. 

By "decorate," we do not actually mean decorate. It was fun, but definitely a hot mess. 

My friend, Denise, brought a bunch of dress up stuff to Nicole, so she and her daughter stayed and joined in the fun, too!

Do my favorite memories from my childhood involve eating on a blanket with my cousins/friends? Yes, yes, yes. 

We got to be a part of a wonderful day when Charlie was baptized. Team Catholic gained an adorable new member! And, he was clearly very happy about the decision because he was SO good the entire time!

About 12 hours prior to a plague hitting our house, we spent some time at Jump Jam and enjoyed HUGE icees. I am not sure if there was some correlation between giant sugar drinks/jumping and stomach issues or not, but we did have fun. 

Then I tried to entertain Lily at my house with my random assortment of "craft" supplies. 

Meanwhile, football was on....

Speaking of, did I mention that we played some football over the break?

The question of the night revolved around Max's reaction to Levi in the NT jammies. True to form, Max did not let us down and had a reaction full of confusion, admiration and, mostly, pride.

 It's hard being a trendsetter.