Let’s talk turkey

Picking up my four year old yesterday, he proudly displayed a turkey he had made out of a paper bag (face on the front, feathers on the back, stuffed with toilet paper to keep it round) Teacher: What does a turkey say? Child: Bock bock bock! (arms folded under, wings flapping) Teacher: No, silly, that’s […]

a Thanksgiving Dinner that couldn’t be beat

Yes, we just had our Extreme Turkey Day: Home Edition. We like certain things on Thanksgiving, for example the potatos a certain way, the gravy, stuffing, etc. And over the last twenty years or so, we’ve kinda figured out that our family, although they mean well, will never make quite what we want. What they […]

A Feast Party

Today my first grader had his Thanksgiving Feast. You know, the traditional have turkey and gravy the tuesday week before Thanksgiving? So, of course, since we are still adjusting to the new tradition of Tuesday before the week of thanksgiving feast, my wife gave him a Lunchable this morning. This is the third day this […]