Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day started out very early! All the kids were up by 7:15! We had to ask them if they were confused and thought it was Christmas morning! Colt was the first to rise, as usually, then down came Caitlin and her friend Lucy, and then Reagan. Brooke was at another friends, sleeping over. We baked cinnamon rolls and watched the Macy's Day Parade and hung out in our pajamas until late morning.
At about 3:30, Carleton and I had a quick nap, we started to prepare dinner.
We made it easy on ourselves this year. We bought a ham and bought a lot of yummy goodies from the Schwan's man---great food, delivered right to your home!!
We ate at 5:00, which was our target time, we were happy that all the food was done. Carleton made his signature mustard to go with our ham, and with the ham, we had, broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls, cornbread (prepared by Brooke!). After Carleton, Brooke, and Cate cleaned up the kitchen, we cooked our apple pie!
After dinner, we gave the kids their Christmas pajamas and they picked names out of a hat. This is a tradition that we hope to continue throught the years to come! We put all the kids names in a hat and each one picked a name, they will then buy this sibling a present and give it to him/her on Christmas morning or eve, we haven't decided yet. The theory behind this was to get them to appreciate the gift of giving, so hopefully this is what happens. I wanted them to keep the identity of the sibling they chose a secret, but they all already know! Oh well!