Preston l-o-v-e-s bacon almost as much as candy, so for once he stayed at the table for a meal...
Ethan is not so much a bacon fan...but frosting covered, sweet bread? Yeah, that's right up his alley!
I have a little (ok a huge) issue with touching raw meat, so when i heard that the neck and giblets are still inside a turkey when you buy it, i decided to make chicken breasts instead...the only issue was i forgot to thaw them out :( oops!
I did the whole spread; mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, CHICKEN, cranberries, candied yams, and green beans. The only thing i forgot was that i was only cooking for two people so we had a LOT of left overs.
So we all sat down to enjoy a meal which included something like 8 sticks of butter, (like i said, TOTALLY low cal).
My 1st helping...
Martin, super stoked to be trying candied yams and cranberries...also his 1st helping...
Preston with his Thanksgiving corndog and yogurt, i was unable to convince him to try something new :(
Yummy, yummy, yummy...
Our sister Ashlee has a rockin' sugar cookie recipe, which she was so kind as to send me, but i couldn't quite nail it :( I'm thinking after a few more times, i might get a little closer. She really is a pro at these things though.
On one of the many blogs i follow, i saw these adorable little cookie/candy turkeys and thought i'd give making them a shot...they didn't quite turn out as good as the ones online :(
Cookies...
...cookies...
...AND MORE COOKIES!!!
I drank a little crazy juice and decided to take a crack at Black Friday shopping for the 1st time EVER...and lets just say it was INSANE!! We live very close to an outlet center which opened at midnight. So i stayed up after the boys went to bed, bundled up in not near enough clothing, made a cup of java and hit the highway. I got to the outlets around 11:30 and had to park a good 10 minute JOG away. I made it in and out of the 1st few stores with no problems, but then after waiting in line at GYMBOREE for 2.5 hours, i ran in 36 degree weather back to my car and got to Target by 3:30am for their 4am opening. Despite the massive amount of CRAZY shoppers, i was able to get all, yes all, of my christmas shopping done and get back home by 5:30am. I slept for 45 minutes (ugh), then ate, got dressed and headed out to Mission Beach.
Preston tried to convince "MY MARTIN" to get his new shoes a little sandy and come play, but...no luck. We had a stroller-guard and photographer instead!
Sadly, whenever i want to get a good group picture, one of the boys seems to have a melt down...this time Ethan took his turn :(
Oh, well! We had a great food-filled weekend. I hope you all had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving!
Lots of Love and Bunches of Hugs,
XOXO Brogan Lee
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