As Thanksgiving approaches...

Believe it or not, we're hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year! Sure, I've never cooked a turkey before, but how hard can it be? Don't worry - my parents will be in attendance, which means I can't go too far down the wrong path when it comes to the turkey. Much to Matt's chagrin we will not be trying a turducken.

As we get closer to Thanksgiving, I 've been trying to figure out how to explain the significance of the holiday to Erin. There are great, creative ideas I've seen like a Thanksgiving tree and placemats but I think these might be a bit over the head of a 2.5 year old. Instead, I think we're going to focus on giving thanks for something each night. We may get thanks for things like her Brown Bear book or her big girl bed, but that's okay. I'll be right next to her - giving thanks for my beautiful family. I feel like I have the best husband and the three most wonderful little girls possible.

My list of things to be thankful for is longer than ever before.... What's on your list?

A little bit of Halloween, a little bit of Karma

So, the theme was clearly Disney this year. Halloween was a blast for all of us - with our good friends joining us, we had a fun night of pizza, trick or treating and ice cream (believe it or not, they didn't eat any of the candy that night!)

And karma...I've always believed in karma but it doesn't always happen that you get to see the full effect. For those that remember the horrendous experience we had last year with day care, you'll be pleased to know that karma just kicked in.

We ran into an acquaintance from the day care from hell and she informed us that the day care director who so kindly gave us one week to find new day care was unceremoniously dumped from her job (or so it seems). For those that don't know the full backstory, it boils down to this - the first bottle of the first day the girls were there alone was given to the wrong child. (I had attended with them for 3 days to transition the girls in and to explain Sarah's allergy and the importance of checking the labels, etc) When we had the nerve to get upset, the teacher in question actually had the gall to tell us "Oh see, nothing is wrong with her" - this while Sarah's doctor was warning us we might need to head to the emergency room. Keep in mind, this is the same teacher who let Erin's little "friend" bite her 7 times in a 3 week span.

Yes, we know everything worked out for us in the end, and it opened our eyes to the bigger issues of the daycare from hell. Alas, I can't deny it's nice to see karma make it's way around...