Thanksgiving Eve

I've recently realized that, while Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, there simply is nothing better than Thanksgiving Eve. I absolutely love it! I love spending hours baking and cooking and making some of my favorite harvest dishes. I love having the girls home from school - they are such good helpers and are becoming confident little chefs. I love making my house look festive, and it smells soooo good! This is my favorite time of the year, and I believe that Thanksgiving should be a sacred holiday. A holiday to focus on the blessings from our Heavenly Father, our beautiful world, and the ones we love....

Happy Thanksgiving (Eve)!

Misc.

A couple of weeks ago the girls had a Monday off from school. We went to the Church History Museum with their cousins - they had a blast playing!

Last Saturday was the first big snow of the season. Kasidee was so excited to try on all the gear - and she loved being funny by putting gloves on her feet!

Kiera made a little sled for her bears

Sledding with Daddy!

The kindergarten classes got to have a Thanksgiving Feast - they wore pilgrim costumes and had an early lunch in the school cafeteria! (Kasidee chose grapes, chocolate milk, and a roll.)

This morning the school had a "Grandparent's Breakfast." The girls were so excited that Granny could come and be with them, see their classrooms, and meet their teachers.

Kiera and her class also had a Thanksgiving Play - I just love that they are learning so much while having fun!

Funnies

Makenna's favorite toy is a little monkey that has a face only a mother could love. She adores Georgia (and insists that's a boy's name) and loves to take him around with her. Just in the last 2 weeks, she left him at her cousin's house for 5 days, left him at her piano lesson, and then left him at school when we were at SEP conferences. She didn't realize she left him there till 9:00 p.m. Of course the school was closed by then, and all 3 girls were worried that he would be scared, that someone would take him or throw him away, etc. Makenna's little heartfelt prayer that night was so sweet. I sat by her bed as she tossed and turned and tried to fall asleep. All of a sudden, she popped her head up and said, "Mama, did you know that it's a family tradition that if someone loses a toy then they can't sleep all night?" It took her awhile but then she drifted off to sleep. Daddy was a hero the next morning when he went to the school early in the morning and found Georgia, right where Makenna left him. Thank goodness!

The other day Makenna asked me how much money Quentin and I have. Without giving specifics, I thought it would be a good time to have a little lesson about the importance of saving money and preparing for the future. I asked her if she knows what the word "retire" means. She said, "Yeah - it's when you're, like, 60 and you're not useful anymore so you don't work."

Makenna ate some yogurt/fruit/granola for breakfast - she couldn't seem to get enough and had 2 servings. As she was walking around, she said, "Oh - I think my yogurt's on the move!"

Halloween!

Funnies

It seems like I am constantly posting funny things my kids say, but they just don't stop cracking me up - and I want to make sure I write these things down before I forget.

Anyway, Makenna has been saying the funniest things lately. Here's a few from the last couple of weeks:

* One day Makenna told me about her substitute teacher. She said, "She has traveled everywhere in the world.... Well, except for the Ice Age."

* Makenna asked me why I don't like to sew. I told her that I learned how to sew in Home Ec and in 4-H and did a lot of sewing as a young teenager. But now that I'm older I just don't have any interest in it, and it just drives me nuts. She said, "Do you have anger issues with string?"

* Makenna's BFF Sophia (who is just about 2 months younger than Makenna) got baptized today and we were excited to be there. As we got into the car to go home, Makenna very seriously and thoughtfully said, "I just can't believe how fast Sophia is growing up."