Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving morning the guys headed off to the PA Gamelands to shoot clay pigeons or in honor of turkey day, we were calling them turkeys. This was Andrew's first time since he was in Tennessee last year and he was really looking forward to it. They bundled up and headed out the door early morning. As it turned out, there was no longer shotgun shooting allowed, so they were out of luck. Booooo!

The girls and I stayed home and watched the parade and stayed warm.  Lily was being silly and making funny faces at Reagan.

They ate breakfast and watched a good portion of the parade until Andrew and George got home and then they were off to play with Andrew before it was time to eat.

 

Lily is a unique soul and I'm so thankful she's mine.

 

We enjoyed a yummy traditional Thanksgiving dinner that day for which we were very thankful!

 

 

This is what two overstuffed little turkeys look like.

 

party of 3

 

my love

 

 

One thing I have learned over the last several years of my life is holidays do not always go as expected or planned.  We've had pipes burst, custodial issues with kids, missing one person in our family etc. The guys' morning didn't start out as they'd hoped and the remainder of the day kind of followed suit.  We made the best of it for our children as we always do and spent the evening home together as our family of 5. 

 

Sometimes when you don't know what to do...

 

You just throw leaves...

 

Later, I headed out to Black Friday shop with my friend Amy...which actually is less Friday and more Thursday now, but it was fun, successful and I think a new tradition is born!

 

Happy Turkey Day!

gobble gobble

 

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Shutterfly Christmas Card Giveaway

I'm a big fan of Christmas cards--looking at all the different designs, creating the "perfect" one for our family and my newest goal is to send them out before Christmas.  This year I've fallen in love with too many different cards and have thus decided to create a few different ones this year.  I've actually already created, ordered and received my first group! I know?! Can you believe that I'm that ahead of the game this year? Me neither.

Shutterfly has such an incredible group of Photo Christmas Cards this year that it was hard to choose just one design, thus my decision to send out several different styles. :)

Some of my favorites this year include:

As the mother of 2 year old? Yes, definitely.

 

 

I always love the multi photos.

 

 

I love the banner{ish}ness of this card!

 

 

And I simply adore the uniqueness of this sweet card!

 

Shutterfly has so many different cards to offer...with photos, no photos, Christmas or Holiday. Truly something for everyone.

 

 

I can't wait to finish my next group of cards and share them all here with you! The colors and quality of my first group far exceeded my expectations...they're gorgeous!

 

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Giveaway!!

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So What!

Today I've decided to link up with Life After I Dew for her weekly "So What! Wednesday" since I've got some randomness going on inside my head.

So.... I'm say So What If:

~I'm so sick of Super Why that I tell Lily they're asleep and can't come out.

~I am so far behind in blogging that I have yet to do Lily's 2nd birthday post...from July.

~Had a piece of chocolate cake for breakfast today because I'm of the generation where Bill Cosby made it ok to do it.

~I still have a residual pumpkin on my mantel and on my porch. It's November.

~Let Lily spend most days in pajammies and she's finally started asking to "get dressed, Mom".

~I'm the worst at conglomerating emails on my computer. It drives my husband crazy.

~I wish I were real life friends with Jimmy Fallon. I've loved him for years and he makes me laugh even when I don't feel like it.

~I deleted hundreds of pictures from my computer last night. It was cleansing. {note: I keep everything, so this was huge...see email statement above.}

~I get excited when realizing that Bot's voice on Team Umizoomi is Joe from Blue's Clues. See also: I need to get a life.


Happy Wednesday!  I have two great giveaways coming up this week!! Be sure to check back! And if you haven't yet done your Christmas cards...tune in tomorrow hint hint.