Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, and a yummy dinner.

We only had school Monday and Tuesday this week. E didn't have to do any this week at all. She doesn't even realize it, but she has finished every speck of kindergarten work I could find, and is well into first grade now. There are a few curriculum I need to still buy her, but we have plenty. The rest is just icing. One thing I'd like to be able to buy her is "Moving Beyond the Page's" Pattern book for 5-7 year olds. If ever a child was addicted to math and patterns, E is, and it would be a fun addition to our schedule. However, at $90 for a semester, it will have to wait until after Christmas presents are bought.

Congrats my sweet E for working so hard, and learning so quickly. It's very bittersweet for me to realize you're already a first-grader.

Our main plan this week is to successfully make another great dinner. C will be getting lots of "home-ec". I feel at 10, she can make the deviled eggs, cherry fluff, and home-made cranberry sauce this year. (With my supervision, of course.) She and E can both help with pumpkin pie.

We have a 21 pound turkey this year. It will be just the 5 of us again, but last year 15 pounds didn't do it. Skinny-minny step-daughter eats 12 pounds by herself. : ) And yes, I said 5, not 6, of us. B(14) is once again not home due to her behavior issues.