Thanksgiving

A friend sent this to me and I thought it was to cute not to share. I apologize I have no idea who originaly wrote it.


'Twas the Night of Thanksgiving

With apologies to Clement C. Moore, author of


A Visit From St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)

'Twas the night of Thanksgiving, But I just couldn't sleep.

I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep


The leftovers beckoned --- The dark meat and white,


But I fought the temptation with all of my might.

Tossing and turning with anticipation


The thought of a snack became infatuation.


So I raced to the kitchen, Flung open the door,


And gazed at the fridge full of goodies galore.


I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,


Pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.
 I felt myself swelling so plump and so round,


Till all of a sudden, I rose off the ground !!

I crashed through the ceiling. Floating into the sky....


With a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie,


But I managed to yell as I soared past the trees ...

HAPPY EATING TO ALL !!

PASS THE CRANBERRIES PLEASE !!

More Thanksgiving Fun!

Here are some more Thanksgiving Quotes and Jokes. Just so you know my kids loved the ones from before, hope yours do as well.

*Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~Erma Bombeck

*How many cooks does it take to stuff a turkey?

One but you really have to push hard to get her in there.

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it. ~Alistair Cooke

Ah! on Thanksgiving day....



When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,


And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.


What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?


What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?


~John Greenleaf Whittier

Fall

Zane used his artistic abilities to draw this for us.

Well, its that time of year again, when the leave fall, the crisp air carries with it the faint smell of a distant fireplace, and there is the slightest twinge of excitement for the magic to follow. I love this time of year. I will be looking for some traditions to carry out with the kids, as well as some new recipes to try out this year. I will post what I come up with here, just in case anyone else needs some inspiration. Please feel free to do the same.