turducken?

So what's up with everyone's fascination with stuffing animals inside one another? I guess it's like deep frying your turkey was a few years back...

I am busily preparing for Thanksgiving.

Mulled cider is simmering on the stove...

There's a warm fire roaring in the fireplace...

The house is clean and straightened...

Delicious food is cooking in the oven.

And Dave will be home for 4 days HAPPY! (though, he's still studying intently so, he's HERE, but not really HERE if you know what I'm saying)...

We're having roasted root vegetable soup, turkey, stuffing--French-Canadian style, mashed Yukon Golds, haricots verts (a Martha recipe), delicious vege dishes that the guests are bringing, and pie of course.

Everytime I go to the store, everyone fawns all over Isaac and I realize how deeply satisfying it feels to have all the important things in life. My sweet family :) And for that, I am very, very THANKFUL.

I absolutely cannot wait until Christmas. It will be Isaac's first Christmas :) Dave and I are getting the tree this Friday.

Our FiOS has the best music stations--I started listening to the Christmas songs already. We can pipe the music throughout our house and it's so pleasant here...

We wish YOU were coming. And we're eagerly looking forward to visits this January from Aunts Mary and Chris, and over the holidays from our first friend in Seattle--Mr. Ben Willett.

We plan to take lots of pictures tomorrow--Dave is the family photographer and technical expert. I need to be able to refer back to them when life gets to be too much--which, I'm sure it will :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Miss you. Email us at schleiferkin@gmail.com.