Moving Furniture to Vacuum?!!!

Okay, I really should be packing, but this is on my brain. I try to clean my entire house once a week. Since we have been packing and moving things around, Bill asked me yesterday, "Do you ever vacuum upstairs?" I said yes!! Come to find out he was referring to behind our file cabinet. I said, well I don't move all our furniture just to vacuum. I usually move all the furniture that is easy to move, the couch, coffee tables and occasionally the recliner (heavy). So I want to know who moves all of their furniture to vacuum?

Exciting News!!

I am happy to announce that Drew is finally potty trained!!!! Okay, I know that lately all I have been blogging about is his potty habits, but this means one less poopy diaper I have to change!!!! He did it all week long and then yesterday we went to the store and he picked out a new train. We are happy to add Henry to the Thomas family. It was such an exciting week. Now he is telling us when he has to go #2!!! He said to me today, "I'm so proud I went poo-poo in the potty mommy!"

The Turkey Outcome!

I am happy to announce the turkey tasted wonderful! The whole process was new to me since I had never cooked one before. It really was rather simple, well, after I called my mom and asked her why the heck the neck was still in the turkey!!!! YUCK! That wasn't in my recipe. When I pulled it out I freaked out!! It was totally disgusting! Then once I found where the gizzards, heart and all the innards were, thanks to Jenny, I was on to the easy part. I lathered it in extra virgin olive oil and then covered it with sage butter outside and inside of the skin. Then I made my stuffing and put it in the turkey and put it in the oven. I must say I am very excited about the finish!! We had homemade yeast rolls, mashed potatoes, homemade stuffing and corn. What a day!!! The boys didn't eat to much of it, they wanted to eat hotdogs instead. Here are a few pictures of my turkey!

A Beautiful Day and a Thanksgiving Feast!

Today is just gorgeous! The windows are open, just a small breeze blowing, and the birds are singing!!! It has been a while since I have heard a birdie chirp, you almost forget what a wonderful sound it is until you hear it again! :)

Believe it or not, I am making a Thanksgiving meal today. I am making a turkey (in the oven right now), stuffing (in the turkey), and mashed potatoes, gravy and homemade yeast rolls! Talk about exciting! I will take a picture and post it later. Hopefully it will turn out great! If not, it was a great first attempt!

In other news, Drew has now pooped on the potty 3 days in a row! Thanks for the tip Patsy, of telling him to do it all week and then get another train! He is putting a sticker on his sticker chart everyday. Today, it was so cute, we put Tyler down for a nap and he said to Tyler, "Okay, Ty I have to go poo-poo now, good night." So priceless. He is getting so funny! And Tyler is so funny too. He is saying "Owww", if we try to touch him or change his diaper he screams it out like we are hurting him! So hilarious! But, he is a smart little guy. He can now count to 10!! We were going through it today in the kitchen! A genius! Or it maybe it is normal at 18 months, not sure!!

Well, I will post a picture of my Thanksgiving meal when it is all done and let you know how it turned out!!

Welcome Emily to the Thomas and Friend Family!

Yesterday it happened! Drew went up to Bill around 2pm and said, "Daddy, I have to go poo-poo." So excited, Bill took Drew to the potty and he sat on the potty and wanted the door closed to do his business and it happened...he pooped in the potty!! I never thought talking about my son's potty activity would ever be so exciting, but today I was so excited!! Drew then said, "I get my new Emily!" So off we went to Walmart and praise the Lord there was one Emily left!!! He was so excited and proud that he even told the lady at the checkout counter, "I went poo-poo, I get my new Emily." Tyler was so jealous, we had to break down and buy him a new Hot Wheel at the checkout counter, it was well worth the 97 cents!! I am praying that now he will continue to do this everyday!!