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We started the day off helping with Carter's Thanksgiving Feast at school.  

They have a big feast wearing their decorated vests (note the intricate patterns at the top of Carter's vest and then the shift in detail as he went on 🙂 and using their fancy placemats (Carter's class did pictographs that were super cool.)

Then the kids split up into groups and do a series of games/activities – we were in charge of turkey bowling.  Yep, it's just like it sounds – bowling with frozen turkeys.  We actually use small chickens instead of a 20 lb bird, thank heavens – but sliding the frozen chickens across the floor to knock down 2 liter soda bottles still full of soda is enough to make me cringe with every frame!  The first time I did this I thought for sure we'd have sodas exploding and dents in the walls of the gym from the birds, but somehow everything mostly works out (although the walls do look like turkey bowling has been a long standing tradition…)

The kids love it though:  

After the kids finished up (and we cloroxed the floor from the poultry) it was time for Meg's preschool Thanksgiving program/talent show.  

They were super cute dressed up like Pilgrims and sang Meg's favorite "cornbread muffin, chestnut stuffin, puddin' pie, one foot high" song.  

Then they each had a chance to share a talent – Meg chose to play the guitar.  She was dead set on this talent, despite encouragement from siblings to share one of her more practiced talents.  :)  I told her she could do whatever she wanted, so she picked guitar.  She was awesome.  

School holiday traditions are the best.