The Empty

Well, we roasted a turkey this weekend with dressing (some may say stuffing), mashed potatoes, gravy - all homemade. Yes, I know it was a few days early, but damn it was good. I even made a turkey stock from the leftover bird and used that for soup tonight. Nummy. I love my Soups & Stews Cookbook. Since we'll be away visiting family over Thanksgiving weekend, we decided to do the turkey dinner and also started putting up Christmas decorations. The TinyMan was especially excited about this. He found a Santa hat amongst the decorations and decided he loved to wear it. He also ethusiatically helped build a gingerbread house that he could not then keep his hands off of :). It was all a lot of fun.
As a bit of a holiday bonus, I booked a ride on the Polar Express for us to go to the North Pole. The TinyMan is super psyched for that. Every time we get in the car now, he asks if we are going to the north pole. It's really cool to see him starting to understand the holidays now.