Happy Thanksgiving!

Nicholas was a great helper in the kitchen as we prepared our Thanksgiving meal. He helped a lot with the beans. He washed the beans and he loved hearing them "snap" when we broke them into smaller pieces.


I put aside a few of the bean pods so we could look at them more closely. I cut one open and let Nicholas take out the individual beans. Then he took another bean and wanted to taste it raw. He liked how crunchy it was.



Nicholas also helped Daddy brine the turkey. He helped me put our yummy rolls from Great Harvest Bread Co. on the baking sheet before we warmed them in the oven. He also helped set the table.

While we were waiting on the gobbler to roast, Nicholas kept busy by making a monkey magnet from a craft kit he got at a birthday party recently. He did a great job gluing all of the pieces down.

Once it was dry I wrote his name on it and we stuck it on the refridgerator. At one time, I vowed to never cover my refridgerator with things hung by magnets. But once you have a chld, you just can't have enough magnets (or refridgerator space) to hang all of the wonderful art work that they do. Now Nicholas can be proud of his art work and the magnet that holds it up.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and spent some great family time together. After our meal, we cuddled up on the couch together and watched a little football... and napped a little.