Thanksgiving

A fun, family Thanksgiving consists of:

* watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

 

*playing games together, like Twister Moves & Perfection

* setting a pretty table & buffet for all the yummy food

* smoking a big ‘ole turkey

* eating a tasty meal together  

* putting olives on your fingers 

* being grateful for your family, friends & all the many blessing you have been given!

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Thanksgiving Parties

In the kids’ classes they had little parties the day before Thanksgiving. It was kinda crazy, because I was trying to split my time between the three different classes!

In Emma’s class they made pilgrim hats and read a story about Thanksgiving.

In Michael’s class they did an Indian theme. They made little sacks to carry their ‘wampum’ in, had a feast of grapes and cornbread, and were given an Indian name, headband & feather. Michael’s name was “Fierce Buffalo”.

  

In Katelynn’s class they made butter, had a feast of journey cakes, apple juice & cranberry sauce, and made Pilgrim necklaces & hats.  Oh, and Katelynn’s teacher’s birthday was on Thanksgiving, so we surprised her with a little cake, card & gift.   

Last Game of the Season

Back in November the kids had their last soccer game of the season.A double thumbs up—that must be a good sign.  The key to winning is intimidating the other team. An action shot.  

After the game they had a little donut party and were awarded their trophies. The coach said that all the referees loved Michael’s enthusiasm for the game.

Birthday Boy

To celebrate Scott’s birthday we went out to dinner at The Elephant Bar and then went bowling with our friends, the Hellewells. We had a good time, even if the people on the other lanes thought we were crazy.  It was fun fun to go on a little group date. Happy birthday, Scott!

Veteran’s Day

On Veteran’s Day we went to downtown Phoenix for the big parade. I guess they do a huge parade on Veterans Day because it is finally cool enough outside to sit through a parade. Fourth of July is way too hot!!

Before and during the parade, Scott did balloons. It was fun to see him ‘in his element’. He’s pretty good at it, not only at making the animals, but entertaining & engaging the kids’ interest as well. 

Here are some pictures of our day. Katelynn took most of them. She has quite the eye!

Team Harry!

I am about to admit something that may be considered by some people to be very uncool, especially for someone my age, but… I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan. I love it! I love reading the whole series at least once a year. I love reading some of the fan websites & interviews with the people involved with the movies. In a nutshell—I’m a big fan! So, when the new Harry Potter movie was about to come out I decided to throw a party at my house, then go to the midnight showing with some of my friends. I have never done anything like that for any of the previous movies, but this time I said, “What the heck?! It’s the first part of the last movie, so I’m running out of opportunities to do something like this. Who cares if people think I’m kinda crazy?!”

I actually had a really good turn-out! There were 8(?) people at the party, and 6 of us went over for the midnight showing. When we got to the theater we met up with 5 more people who were planning to come to the party, but didn’t make it. I also had a few friends who really, really wanted to come to the party, but couldn’t make it. I guess I’m not the only fan!

For the party we had people bring “magical” treats. We had cockroaches, golden snitches, pumpkin pasties, candy skulls, yorkshire pudding (although they turned out like rock cakes), and butterbeer. (I feel like I’m forgetting something…)

During the party we set up a little “Diagon Alley” in my front room, with different tables set up to represent different shops. We also played a game where you had to guess which character you were by only asking yes or no questions (I put pieces of paper on everyone’s backs). I planned a little trivia game, too, but we were all too busy talking. That’s okay. Talking is great!

We headed over to the theater about 10:30, I think. Maybe it was closer to 11. We started to worry a little bit when we got there,  because we didn’t see anyone else dressed up. But, we soon found other people as crazy as we were. Here are some pictures we took waiting for the movie to start. Oh, and no making fun of how we look. It’s almost midnight, people!

I brought a bag of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans for each person from the party who came to the theater. Some of them were disgusting!! (the beans, not the people)        

Carissa & I posing with the Beans.

Here we go…

Aaah! That’s awful! I’m going to barf! Get me a napkin! They were NOT kidding! That rotten egg flavor?! Well, let’s just say that I seriously hope I never have anything that disgusting in my mouth ever again. *shiver*

All in all it was a great night. I’m so glad I had friends crazy enough to do this with me. I loved the movie, and I can’t wait to see it again! I think when the second half comes out I will have to have another party, ‘cause it was a lot of fun.