JP plus 3: Turkey Day 2010

Thanksgiving was a nice, quiet family day for us this year. (Well, a quiet as you can get with three 2.5 year olds!) There are certain traditions that we keep and look forward to each year. It's amazing how excited JP was the past few days saying "I can't wait, I can't wait!"

We start off the morning with a sweet treat- this year it was my Grandmother's sweet rolls. We then watch Santa "fly" down Broadway in the Macy's Parade. I asked each of the kids what they want Santa to bring them this year: Ryan "a motorcycle", Caitlin "a motorcycle" although she often says a "purse", JP keeps changing his mind like usual, and Madison said "a baby". I said, "oh a baby doll?", and she replied, "No, a baby." Sorry Maddi, you'll just have to play with Aunt Anne's when it arrives in February!

We also get some new games each year. This year was Scrabble and Operation. We never even made it to Scrabble, but the Operation buzzer was going for most of the day!

I did about 1/2 of the cooking on Wednesday and that made it easy to finish on Thursday while the trio was napping. We had quite a feast with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green been casserole, cranberry salad, and rolls. I even ended up making 3 desserts this year. Pumpkin pie (of course) and then Pecan Chocolate Chip Pie for Joe and Cherry Cheesecake for JP. We always get sparkling grape juice and this year we let the trio try some too. They are still getting the hang of drinking out of regular cups, but they thought they were pretty special for getting such a big treat.

We go around the table saying what we are thankful for. Joe and I each gave lengthy answers about a warm home and wonderful family. JP said he was thankful for Netflix on the Wii (we dropped cable a few months ago), Madison said she was thankful for cranberries and I think the other two followed with different types of food sitting before them. It is so much fun to see the trio starting to understand more and more about holidays. Christmas should be extra fun this year!