Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. We spent the night with Papa and Bebe and cooked our meal at their house the next day. Our most memorable moment (which I so unfortunately did not capture by photo) was first attempt at brining the turkey. I placed our turkey in 2 gallons of saltwater to brine overnight in a styrofoam cooler. Charlie picked up the cooler to carry it out to the garage to stay cold. When he did, the cooler split open and out poured two gallons of water and our raw turkey onto the rug on the floor! If only I had captured that moment!

We carried on with our Minnesota tradition of chopping down our Christmas tree down south to Georgia with us. Unfortunately, we couldn't carry our beautiful Minnesota fir trees down as well. Come to find out they don't grow firs this far south. So, we settled for a Leeland Cypress. I think what I miss most is the smell of the fir tree. But, this one isn't bad, and this particular type of tree doesn't shed or lose its color.

Helping Daddy chop down the tree

The finished product.

Car Party

Last weekend we had a little party for Coleman. Can't believe he is 2! He doesn't feel like a baby anymore to me. It's sweet, but kinda sad at the same time. It was a car themed party, which was appropriate since he is crazy about cars. We did a poor job of taking a picture of all our party guests at one time, but hopefully these will give you little glimpse. The party primarily consisted of neighbors and family. The big highlight was taking rides in Bebe's convertible car. We tied balloons on the car and took laps around the apartment complex! Ha Ha it was a little party mobile.

This picture was actually from the day of his birthday. We had a chick-fil-a breakfast.

Zoo Membership

Just wanted to put up a quick post about our zoo trip the other weekend. We heard the thing to do in Atlanta was get a family zoo membership. I must say, we've used it a lot already. I mostly meet up at the zoo with other moms, but the other weekend just our little family of 4 went. It was a lot of fun, just the four of us. We also bought seed sticks to feed the birds. We had not done this before, so it was a special treat. The kids loved it. They also enjoyed the panda exhibit. Stay tuned to the blog for highlights from Coleman's "car" party this past weekend!