Supermom Chronicles
Friday, November 24, 2006
"Happy Chicken Day!"

My mom-in-law was going to host Thanksgiving, but she hasn't been feeling well lately. So we invited the family to our house instead. It was a wash in terms of stress for me. If we had traveled, packing up the kids for the trip would have been about the equivalent amount of stress as staying home and hosting. Nowadays, if you take just a day trip with kids you have to pack half the house. With 3 kids, all with different sleeping arrangements and bathroom habits, it's especially bad. So I quietly said "thanks" on Thanksgiving for getting to stay home! Plus, John's siblings helped by bringing pies, rolls and casseroles. So I didn't have the entire meal to prepare alone. Early in the day we were able to get all the kids together for a picture. This was the best of about 20+ shots! Getting 6 kids 4 years old and younger to simultaneously sit still, look in the general direction of the camera and then smile is about as likely as choosing the winning lottery numbers! That being said, I think this pic turned out pretty good. From left to right are James, Cole, Faith, Chloe, Remington and Ryder.


All the kids loved the playscape in the backyard. In fact, John and his dad apparently liked it, too (look closely at the picture). I have to admit, the fort is pretty cool. I've climbed up there on occasion to visit my kids.

At midnight last night I was still up with a fussy James, who has no concept of time of day. But even in the depths of exhaustion I thought about how very much I have to be thankful for: a healthy family, the addition of 2 new babies to our family this year (James and Ryder), a wonderful husband (even though he insists on wearing his funky moustache right now despite my protests), the comforts of a home big enough to entertain the entire family at Thanksgiving, freedom in a nation that allows me to enjoy life while others sacrifice theirs fighting in Iraq, food always to fill our bellies and good jobs that allow us to live the life we want. I could go on and on. I wish everyone could be so blessed.

3 Comments:
Those are great photos. I'm with you on the travel thing - its hard work hosting everybody, but I'd rather have it at my house than go elsewhere, and we are a lot more mobile than you guys are!
Sounds like a great time! Hope you and John can come to the Holiday Party you two deserve a night out!...Make sure John wears a ten-gallon cowboy hat and some boots to go with that new handle-bar facial hair he's sporting!
I am glad to hear that you had a great Thanksgiving. You had your hands full so I am glad you were able to stay home. If I didn't have all 7 of my dogs I would love to have everyone here for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hope to see you guys at the Christmas party.
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