Our Little Turkey

A couple of days before Thanksgiving, Alec's class put on a Thanksgiving play.  They had Indians, Pilgrims, a Preacher, and of course turkeys.  Alec got to be one of the turkeys.  He made such a cute turkey.

He seemed a little embarrassed at first to perform in front of everyone, but he warmed up after a little bit.  The play only lasted about 5 minutes but the kids did it twice because one of the parents was late and missed the whole thing.  Alec was much more animated the second time around.  I guess he had found his groove by that time. 

Standing with the whole class after the first run through

Alec and some of his fellow turkeys

The kids seemed to have a very good time performing for their families.  The practiced for weeks before the play and all the practice paid off.

A couple days later we spent our Thanksgiving with a group of friends.  It was a potluck Thanksgiving.  Even though it was a potluck, I did a lot of cooking.  I really enjoy cooking for Thanksgiving.  I love making food I don't normally make for a big group of people to enjoy.  This year we got to enjoy a fried turkey.  I had never tried it before and might I add that it was delicious!  It cooks so much faster as well!  After several helpings of food and some delicious dessert, we were all exhausted.  We made it an early night and headed home.  Kyle and the kids went to bed and I prepared to head out with some friends for Black Friday shopping.  We went to Target at midnight and it was a mad house!  The line wrapped around the store and down the block.  I had never seen anything like it.  Despite the apparent chaos, it was actually very well organized.  I managed to find everything that I was looking for that night and got some great deals.  It was a good end to a great day.  It was another successful Thanksgiving.  The only thing that would have made it better were our families.