Some Cheery Pictures

Here are some cheery pictures from Thanksgiving Day. We stayed home for Thanksgiving because of Todd's schedule. We had planned to have Diane and Brian over for dinner, but Brian had emergency surgery the day before and had 2.5 feet of his intestine removed - so it was just us most of the day. It was pretty laid back. Todd slept until about 3 pm, so Ryan and I played both inside and outside most of the day. He is obsessed with Santa, particularly our inflatible Santa. Every morning we deflate it and he jumps around singing "Santa Nap! Santa Nap!". Then we drive to school and he tells every single kid "Santa Nap! Santa Nap!". Every night the only way I can get him to leave daycare is to say "It's time to wake up Santa!" . Then we go home and I plug Santa in, he inflates, and Ryan runs around saying "I see Santa! "I see Santa!" Thn I have to drag him inside kicking and screaming :)
Ryan was quite perplexed by the snow. He kept touching it with his mittens and saying "Wet! Wet!" Please note, we are not Raiders fans, but a free coat is a free coat.

About 1 pm I started cooking our turkey. I didn't have to put the sides in the oven until about 5 pm. Diane came over about 6 pm, and we ate. I went to move the turkey with the tongs from the roasting pan to cutting board, and the turkey fell apart and bounced on the counter. Stuffing squirted everywhere! It was messy, but dang that turkey was moist!