Tomorrow morning I am grocery shopping for all the goodies I need for my first Thanksgiving to hostess. I downloaded/printed all my recipes from http://thepioneerwoman.com/ (I LOVE her printable recipes and picture step directions) and hope that all 13 people love the taste. Then, on to Hobby Lobby to buy fall fabrics to decorate my tables. Once I get home, I will sort and put away everything, double checking that I have all ingredients. Somewhere in there I will relieve my hubby from daddy duty (2 princesses 26 months and 6 months) until I am going to a "Home" party at one. When I have ogled everything and chatted with "the gals", I will return home, collect my Nikon camera and head to the local park where I am taking my neighbor's family Christmas card pictures. Hopefully, it will be warmer by then since I am a "my nose is running faster than I can blow it" recover-er. After that, I have to upload the pics and delete them from the card so that I can take pictures of our Sunday school class's Annual Family Thanksgiving Dinner which starts at 6. About 7:30 we head home and quickly (but gently) throw the toddler into bed and rehydrate the infant before she also lofts off to dream land, too. Last, I think I might make my favorite cup of hot cocoa and just crash in front of the TV with my hubby to veg out before hitting the sack.
Sunday starts early with getting myself, my hubby, and two angels fed, cleaned up, dressed, packed and heading to church. We get home about 12:30ish with traffic and a 15 min drive from the actual building. Princess One gets a quick lunch and then nap. Princess Two goes down to nap (pray), too. Then, I pull out several tubs of clothing, teaching materials and other odds and ends. I have to write down the items before the missionary organization people come and collect them. I probably should add getting started on that to my Saturday list, but have no idea if I can stand being outside in the dark, middle of the night, freezing because that is my only time free. Oh wait, that's not free either because I am penning (not pencil)... SLEEP! I will show my weapon of NyQuil to anyone who attempts to threaten this short, but sweet time. The rest of Sunday will be spent crafting holiday things with Princess One for the house and loving and cuddling with my song bird, Princess Two. When 7:30 rolls around, it's lights out for the little ones and time for my hot drink of bliss: hot cocoa. If I get all my to do's done, I might even reward my drink with some mini marshmallows. But don't tell Princess One, she's still working on the concept of sharing! Maybe she gets that from me... she doesn't want to share her marshmallows and I don't want to share my hot cocoa! Thank goodness for munchkin bedtimes... when parents get to eat all the good stuff, watch pg-13 movies, and dance around naked. Well, not me, but it's still an option... :-)
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