Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!
We celebrated Thanksgiving with our friends Christy and David. They have two kids, Avery, 4 and Evan, 2. They got here around the same time we did, so we will be here the whole time together. David works with Mike. Their friends also joined us. We ate at Christy's house, they live off base. So we (Mike) cooked the turkey here at our house, because they do not have an oven, since they live in a traditional Japanese home. Can you imagine!? No oven, just a stove top. They went out and bought a big toaster oven so they can at least bake some things. Anyway, we had a great time. Although we did miss those we usually spend our holidays with! Mike did a good job on the turkey. This is his third year making a wonderful turkey, so he is pretty proud of himself. We also had mashed potatoes, candied yams, corn, green beans, stuffing, Spanish rice, baked beans, and tons of desserts, including pecan pie and pumpkin rolls. Oh, and of course deviled eggs.
We started the day with Olivia waking us up. I thought maybe she would taste better (sweeter)than the turkey, so I tried to butter her up. She played along pretty well.

"Hey, what am I doing in here?":


Laughing at daddy:


She is thinking "This is funner than the thing they try to put up my nose":


Our little turkey, with her bib from Aunt Paula:
(Olivia even got to try mashed potatoes from mommy's plate)


We ate the turkey, but she passed out!

I'll post more pictures of the day later. Christy took some pictures and is going to send them to me.

Also...
For Thanksgiving this year we made turkey cards. Olivia had a fun time getting dirty. She didn't really grasp the concept of making the hand print, so when we were getting the ink on her hands, she dug the ink pad, causing her to have black finger nails that lasted a few days. I'm sure people thought I had a dirty baby. But the cards sure turned out cute anyway! Thought I would share the process!