ThanksGiving 2013

Our Thanksgiving should have been a complete disaster, Noon of thanksgiving day we were supposed to go to the boyfriend's families house but they canceled due to some unforeseen circumstances. So with the boyfriend at work I'm at home with the two kids silently freaking out because their expecting a big dinner and all I had was the makings for 2 pies. I very calmly get my kids in the car and go to walmart in search of dinner items, mainly a thawed turkey. They had them....16lbs and up, the one that was the most thawed was a 17.5 pound turkey. So even tho I only had 4 people to feed I buy the gigantic bird the rest of the normal turkey day side dishes and quickly get home. I had more fun cooking with my kids than I wouldve ever imagined and more fun than going to someone else's house having to say "stop that, don't touch it, don't lick people, if it falls on the floor don't eat it and get your tongue out of your nose!" On  repeat for several hours. I cleaned the birdbut didn't stuff it due to lack of time. My daughter kay wouldn't touch it cuz naked bird is yucky we used and oven bag and got it in the oven at 2. We made 3 pies: apple cinnamon carmal cake which was really really good, a pumpkin cream pie and a cherry pie.  We alsoalso made dirt cups while the side dishes were cooking. Who knew that Ty would be good at smashing an entire container of oreos! I totally had the start to a horrible holiday but it turned out amazing. The boyfriend walked in the door as i was putting the food on the table. We've decided we're staying home from now on, my kids love cooking with me and its easier for us expecially Ty since there's no grand social expectations.  I've learned a lot from my son like the little things are the best and sometimes not being social can be a good thing ;)