• Thanksgiving Leftovers

    If you’re anything like my family you’re starting to get sick of the thanksgiving leftovers by the end of Thanksgiving weekend. We all love it and are so lucky to have all this food but it gets a little boring after a few days. Instead of wasting all of it though we are sharing some recipes that we’re using to use up some of the leftover-leftovers!   First up is… Spicy Turkey Pasta  I used two bags of pasta (we’ve got a lot of people to feed over here) but just make enough pasta to feed your crew – the extra sauce will only add to the flavor. While the…

  • Laundry Secrets

    As we start to get ready for our first thanksgiving with three babies, I’m pulling out all the stops. We’ve got turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes the list goes on and on.  We’ve got more family than I can count coming over, turkey napkin rings and of course a lovely turkey candle for the table (thanks mom!) so I’ve been thinking back to our last thanksgiving and how much the babies have grown since then and how much our lives have changed. As I brought out the napkins and placemats though I’m astonished by one thing. I can’t tell which one we poured a whole bottle of red wine on last…

  • The Turkeys Are Coming!

    I can’t believe Thanksgiving is just a week away! Does anyone else feel like Halloween was yesterday? I mean really we’ve still got Halloween candy! At least the kids and I have been talking a lot about Turkeys because we’ve had a lot of them around the neighborhood lately, but we just finally got around to doing some of the Turkey crafts I’d set up for them as they’ve just escaped us due to one appointment or another. We’ve done a few of your obvious hand turkeys – and this year I’m actually turning it into a little game along with our table name cards – which if I do…