The Thanksgiving Feast

Brave Running Deer saying the blessing.

Jack made the entire outfit himself.

Thursday was a busy day for us! I dropped the boys off at school, and then did a mad dash to Toys R Us for a little Santa shopping. I had to be back at the school at 10:40 because I was the mystery reader for Jack's class. It is always fun to be the mystery reader because Jack is so excited to have you there. We read 3 Thanksgiving books and I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont. If you have little ones and don't have this book, you must check it out at the library. It is such a fun book. The kids in Jack's class were so excited to call out all the painted body parts.

After storytime, the little Pilgrims and Indians went for a walk while I helped one of the teachers serve the Thanksgiving feast. And what a feast it was...turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, cornbread, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie for dessert. The amazing thing is that the class (16 students) prepared the food. These two teachers are saints, I tell ya! On Wednesday, the children shook cream into butter, measured ingredients, and made the pies. On Thursday morning, they made the stuffing, mashed potatoes, and cornbread. Then all the Pilgrims and Indians sat down for a re-creation of the first Thanksgiving and enjoyed their feast. Well, most of them did; others would not touch the food for anything. Maybe they knew or saw something the other kids didn't?!?! But our little Indian, aka Brave Running Deer, ate everything and declared it "Delicious"!

Later that afternoon, I took Jack down to Brent's office so that they could go to the Miami game. I had both guys in so many layers that they were toasty warm. Jack was wearing a turtleneck, shirt, fleece-lined pants, snow pants, socks, snow boots, windbreaker, heavy coat, knit cap, and gloves. I might have overdone it because Jack was peeling off the gloves and hat. The game was a big disappointment and they were home by halftime. Jack was exhausted and went straight to bed!