During this Thanksgiving holiday season we started our celebrations off with having Thanksgiving dinner with Kelsey at school--This was on November 5th. The meals were available for a minimal cost so I bought all of us a "lunch tray" as Kelsey refers to it as. It's special treatment when she gets a lunch tray!! Only after good behavior for two weeks can she get one--so today was not only special that she got a lunch tray, but that Me, Mylee and Lanaea got to join her for lunch too!!! The tables were all decorated with crafts the children had made. The food was, well...school lunch. It was all about the experience though. 
Later in the month the 23rd, the Kindergartners put on a Thanksgiving program. Kelsey had a part to say and did a FANTASTIC job!! Her part was, "To remember that time of gratitude, we continue to celebrate the feast today. WE CALL IT THANKSGIVING!" She said it that way too!! Some of the kids came in with a paper Mayflower and they sang a couple of songs. Following their program they got to have a Thanksgiving feast for snack time.
Kelsey and her teacher Mrs. Spradley
They got cornbread, beef jerkey, a piece of pumpkin pie, popcorn, cheese, and a capri-sun for their feast.As for our Thanksgiving feast, Blake was post-call so we didn't make any definite plans for dinner so some friends let us join them for a holiday feast at their house in the late afternoon when Blake got home. The dinner was great. I brought a pumpkin and cherry pie, orange rolls, dinner rolls, and cranberry jello salad. It was yummy! It was nice to have company with friends. After dinner me and the other Mommas went through the black Friday adds while the boys watched and talked football.
I didn't do a pie night this year--yes, I know, you can't believe it!! I have been trying to simply things in my life and not doing one this year relieved a lot of stress for me and it felt good. I also didn't shop black Friday--Blake had to work and I wasn't too worked up about any deals in particular. I had been stocking up on Christmas gifts since the Spring and felt good with what I had collected for the girls.
I didn't do a pie night this year--yes, I know, you can't believe it!! I have been trying to simply things in my life and not doing one this year relieved a lot of stress for me and it felt good. I also didn't shop black Friday--Blake had to work and I wasn't too worked up about any deals in particular. I had been stocking up on Christmas gifts since the Spring and felt good with what I had collected for the girls.
