I can't believe how fast Thanksgiving has come and gone....
This year my Thanksgiving started off at school this past Tuesday. For the past several years, K-3rd grade has put on a "Thanksgiving Play/Feast"! The 2-3 weeks leading up to Thanksgiving are a little hectic trying to get props ready, kiddos to memorize their lines, parents to RSVP with attendance numbers and foods that are promised to be brought- hectic, but I love it!! Tuesday was our big performance and it went great!! Sure you had those kiddos that froze on stage in front of everyone, and you had the ones who were twirling in the background instead of standing still like an Indian- but it was definitely cute :) The feast was magnificent and everyone had a great time (including the K-3 teachers because most of the kids went home afterwards which meant several hours of getting paid without kids!!!).
Tony took off Wednesday since I was already off and we deemed it "Family Fun Day"!! Of course it didn't quite go as planned....we left the house and were planning on getting an oil change and then heading to Dr. Bizer's Vision World so Tony could get his eyes checked/new glasses, and then we were going to do something fun after that. However, those 2 errands, with a Rafferty's lunch in the mix ended up taking us about 5 hours, yikes!! Although that's not what we wanted our day to be...that was the reality, at least we were all together!
Thanksgiving was great! My mom has her side of the family over every year and we all bring something. Tony baked a pumpkin pie for the 1st time ever and got great reviews! I made sweet potato casserole! Once again, my mom outdid herself and their was TONS of food!! It's definitely the best meal all year :) It was great to spend time with our extended family too. Hannah had a blast playing with all the kids!!
Thanksgiving is also a time for me, mom, Aunt Sandy, Misty and Amy (my cousins) to plot out the next day and scour the ads for Black Friday!!
Friday morning we met at Aunt Sandy's house at 7am to start our shopping adventures!! (Last year I went to Wal-Mart at 5am by myself before going to Sandy's- just didn't see anything that grabbed me this year.) From there, we went to Meijer, Kohls, Target, Wal-Mart, Toys'R'Us, Tumbleweed, Jefferson Mall (JCPenney, Sears, Victoris's Secret, etc.) and lastly Sam's Club-whoa!! We shopped for almost 9 hours!! We did get some good bargains! I didn't seem to buy as much this year as in the past on Black Friday, but I still had a blast...I could probably go and not buy anything and still have fun with the girls :) I did get some of my shopping finished, so that's really nice! I look forward not only to Thanksgiving every year, but to Black Friday as well!!
