The turkey we ordered came in!

It is a huge, 25lb bird that I hope will supply much meat and broth for the coming months.  The boys wanted to eat it right away, but I explained that we had to cook it first.

I pulled out our Christmas tree today.  Wesley's first reaction was "Christmas Tree, are you back?"  I guess he will be one of those like me who was blessed with early memories.  He remembers stuff all the time that tells me he will recall a lot of his early childhood.  I was the same way. 

I will soon catalog the items in our pantry to give ideas to the folks having trouble figuring out what to get to stock up a pantry.