Turkey Talk

There is more than one way to eat a turkey. I can't take credit for this idea, but the kids loved making their own paper bag turkey. After we ate dinner they carved it and feasted on the popcorn Mr. Tom was stuffed with.
We always shoot a family game of pool on holidays. They think it is family bonding, but really we are training them for when they are older and we take them to pool halls to hustle unknowing strangers out of money. Aren't we great parents? Maybe we should get them their own monogrammed cue sticks in cases for Christmas.

One Small Step for Man...

Reid has now passed a landmark moment by losing his first tooth. Let's be honest- he didn't really lose it. It was pulled out by Robin, but that's what you get when your dad is a tooth guy. He has sat by and watched Robin pull many teeth from children who show up at our front door motivated by the desire for some cash-ola from the tooth fairy, and now it was his turn. I will say though that the whole thing was Reid's idea and he didn't even flinch.



Here is his note which translates to, "I was very brave when Daddy pulled my tooth. Love, Reid." I was shocked he spelled 'tooth' correctly. I mean of course he can spell his name and 'I' is pretty straightforward, but the entire thing is mumbo jumbo phonics until you get to the end. All of this earned him a silver dollar and a gold tooth from the fairy. Oh wait... I just thought it was a silver dollar. On closer inspection it is actually four Francs which must look very similar to silver dollars to the tooth fairy in the dark. Either that, or she visited a little boy in France right before coming to our house.