Thanksgiving 2010

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!  It was filled with family, food, and fun!!!!   Curt and I have spent the week cleaning out the house...getting rid of old toys, cleaning out drawers, putting up Christmas decor inside and outside, and every present is wrapped and ready!  Can ya believe it?!  We received a free beautiful piano from one of my mom's sorority sisters who was giving it away.  We know we want Brooklyn to eventually take lessons so we were thrilled to receive it!  Thank you Lynette! 
Thanksgiving day my mom joined us at the Alford house for a wonderful feast.  We brought the grandkids who proved to be pure entertainment for the whole family.  We missed my dad because he had to work on Thanksgiving and my sister who went to Kentucky to meet her boyfriend's family.  It was weird without the both of them but I am so blessed to have great inlaws who love my family and always invite my family to join them!  After lunch, Aunt Crystal bought a gingerbread house the Brooklyn built with her!  Brooklyn loved it!  Colson was busy playing in the sand box outside and going to the potty at Memaw and Pop's!  Yep, you heard it....we are potty training...oh wow....it has been a chore with Colson!  He is definitely showing his boy colors with the whole potty training thing!  We are getting it but still having accidents...I just really hope his school will encourage him to go on the potty and not be quick to put on a pull up.  He is very motivated by his Mickey Mouse Pez dispenser and has even started telling us when he needs to go.  He has slept during his nap time with regular underwear on Tues - Friday and has woken up dry each day!  We have good days and ok days but it will get better!  GO COLSON!!!!!!! 

Our new beautiful piano!

B was so excited to put up the Christmas tree!

Pop and Memaw give the kids an ornament every year...B's was a ballerina!

They loved putting the ornaments on the tree....all bunched up in one place!

Colson LOVED helping!

Colson got an ornament that was the cutest Christmas dogs ever!!!

He even found the perfect place for it!  (notice the big boy underwear!)

I Love this pic!

Every year they help daddy with the tree topper!

Outdoor decor in 83 degree weather!

Brooklyn loved helping with the cutting, taping, and labeling the tags this year!

My #1 helper!

Thanksgiving day!

Her feast...she had to be forced to eat!

Colson loved his turkey!!!!

THANK YOU AUNT CRYSTAL!

She is SO crafty and loves this kind of thing...she can do it for hours!