Turkey Time

The week before Thanksgiving Mel's playgroup did a puppet show and craft. Mel loves getting together with all of her friends and ran into the room jumping and saying yay! She had so much fun!

The Friday before Thanksgiving Mel and I ran all over town shopping and gathering supplies for our Thanksgiving feast. Mel loves shopping and we had a very fun day.

Unfortunately late Sunday night Mel got sick. It was a nasty little bug the didn't let up. We spent most of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday just cuddling. I love my cuddles but her sick eyes just broke my heart. Also we were going to have one of Mel's friends and her mom over for Thanksgiving dinner but didn't want to spread the sickness so we had to cancel.

Luckily Thanksgiving morning Mel finally started to feel better. Still not 100% but those sick eyes had brightened up and let me know she was feeling better.

We cooked and played all day and enjoyed our fabulous feast with all of our favorite Thanksgiving foods. One of Meric's coworkers (whose wife had to work Thanksgiving) joined us for our feast.

Another successful Thanksgiving meal done and leftovers aplenty to enjoy. Thanksgiving is a great way to kick off the holiday season!

Building a Sandbox

Mel loves digging in the sand. When she is outside playing, Mel is usually sitting in a sandy spot of the yard with her shovel. We knew we had to build her a sandbox. I showed Meric a homemade sandbox idea I found online and the next day he went out and got the supplies.

After cutting the pieces to size we decided to paint the sandbox. Since this was for Mel we decided to make this a true family project and had Mel help us paint. She LOVED painting the wood pieces. And surprisingly she kept most of the paint on the boards.

Once the paint dried it was time to build the box. Meric would drill the holes for the screws then Mel would put the screw in the hole. She loves to help daddy, especially when tools are involved.

The sandbox design had a lid that opened up to create two benches. Sounds a little complicated but was really pretty easy for Meric and I to figure out and put together.

After we got it all built Meric went out and picked up some sand. Mel was so excited to see her sandbox all completed and full of sand. (On a sided note I had read that cinnamon was a good way to keep out ants. Haven't seen any ants yet and she has one great smelling sandbox!)

It was fun building the sandbox and I love that Mel got to be a part of the project.