Happy Thanksgiving

11.23.08

Because I was scheduled for a hysterectomy a few days before Thanksgiving and knew I would be in the hospital during the day of Thanksgiving we had our day a little early.

The food was great and of course having the family together was better.

We started a knew tradition this year. It's called 'Elf on the Shelf'. The book explains..during the Holiday season the Elf comes to our home and watches to make sure the kids are good and every night flies home to Santa to tell them if the kids are good or bad. He's basically Santa's informant:) When he comes back from reporting to Santa before morning he always finds a new place to sit. Brooke and Brianna LOVE getting up in the morning to see where the Elf's new place is. We love being able to remind Brooke and Brianna the Elf is watching and they need to behave:) Bribery...it's always a great parenting tool:) We also had to name our Elf. Our Elf is a girl and she has two names Melody Mallie. Brianna named her Melody and Brooke named her Mallie.

Here are some pics of our Thanksgiving:)
Melody Mallie....