Turkey Day

Paul's favorite thing about Thanksgiving is the turkey. It's one of his favorite foods, and he usually only gets it a couple of times a year. Since Paul's mom made the turkey for Thanksgiving, I'll need to make one for Christmas (although usually I prefer to have ham at Christmas) so that Paul can enjoy leftover turkey afterward. This morning I took the kids to Home Depot to make a photo ornament. They painted them, and then they put stickers on them so the paint doesn't show as much. I think in the future I'll take some of the stickers off of Nadia and Oliver's so I can enjoy their handiwork more when they're on the Christmas tree. Nadia and Ian received special pins for their aprons that commemorated they have completed at least 10 projects at Home Depot (13 for Nadia and 11 for Ian). Another girl there received one for completing 25 projects. They give them out for 10, 25, 50, and 100 projects completed. After that we went to the Children's Museum for Turkey Day. The kids did some turkey related crafts, played "pin" (tape) the feather on the

turkey, did a turkey scavenger  hunt around the museum, and petted two live turkeys (one male and one female). On our way home we stopped at a consignment shop which had everything 50% off today. I bought Nadia a pair of pants and got a Christmas gift for a nephew.

Today I am thankful....

1. That Paul came home from work a lot earlier than usual.

2. For the pizza we got at Papa Johns today in Bloomsburg using a gift card from credit card points.

3. That Home Depot offers these free workshops for kids. Pop Pop plans to take the boys to Home Depot and Lowe's next Saturday to do two workshops at the stores near them while Nadia and I go on a bus trip to Harrisburg.

4. For the programs the Children's Museum in Bloomsburg offers.

5. That the gasoline in our immediate area is usually much
cheaper (right now almost 30 cents per gallon cheaper) than the gas in the towns that are 30-60 minutes from our home.

6. For Christmas music. They are playing it on the local Christian radio station (some of the time) now. I just LOVE Christmas music.

7. For the curriculum they are using with the children this year. It's by Answers in Genesis. Sometimes it seems to be a little too advanced for Oliver, but I am grateful for the sound doctrine that is being taught each Sunday morning.

8. Oliver has really been into doing puzzles lately, and he's making great progress. He can now do up to 100 piece puzzles.