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Thanksgiving 2011 Wishes

Posted on November 24, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

I wanted to take time to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. May your day be filled with good food, fun, family, friends, and everything that makes you happy. Today, we will be spending the day with my parents. Preparing food, watching the parade, enjoying food, and watching Cars 2.

Tuesday, I joined NHL at his third grade class feast. It was a lot of fun getting to meet the children in his class, along with some of the very nice parents. It was really impressive to see how well behaved the class was and how they really cared for each other. Oh my, what a difference a year makes!

JSL’s school had lunch together and then participated in an ice cream sundae party. Of course, we also were able to see the end product from his recent homework. The first turkey has the feathers that each child decorated the way they wanted.

JSL asked to raid my sticker box. Inside there he found Thanksgiving stickers, Disney stickers, hockey glitter, and more.

On another feather, we were asked to add items that we are thankful for. JSL kept rattling off items. His list –> Family, My friends, Disney World, Sharing, Dinosaurs, Pirates, School, and Flowers. This is the class turkey of thanks:

As we left for the long weekend, JSL handed us a turkey that he created with his foot and it was absolutely adorable.

The poem on the Turkey says:

This isn’t just a Turkey

As anyone can see,

I made it with my foot

Which is a part of me.

It comes with lots of love

Especially to say,

I hope that you have a very

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!!!

In addition to the foot turkey, JSL also made another little one that he brought home. He was even nice enough to hold it for a photo.

So many things to be thankful for this year. I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday spending it the way that makes you the most happy.

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Decadent Desserts for the Holidays

Posted on November 22, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Thanksgiving is coming, Thanksgiving is coming! I do believe it may be my favorite holiday because of time with extended family. Each year, it is a surprise to see which members come into town to be with all of us here.

Since we do not host Thanksgiving, we often bring a side and/or some desserts. Dessert is my favorite item to make. TechyDad does most of the cooking, but I adore baking. Usually, I will make my apple cake or some bon bon cookies. This year, we will be spending the day with my parents for a relatively small and quiet day together. Of course, this year I am not sure if we will have time to do any baking. Check that. I may not want to do any baking since I am too excited to try more baked good from an event I recently went to.

Two weeks ago, I was invited to a Price Chopper Holiday Cheer event (#PCHolidayCheer – on Twitter). While at the Price Chopper corporate building, they invited us to be their guests. We were able to chat with members from their departments and sample items.

I have to admit, my eyes immediately wandered to one specific section. I think I was most intrigued with the Decadent Desserts because we had already tried the new cupcakes a short time before this event. Now, feast your eyes on more of Price Chopper’s Central Market Decadent Dessert line.

The display showed only some of the items currently available at the Price Chopper bakery department. Please refrain from drooling on your computer as I list some of the amazing items you can try:

Cakes – available in 5” or 8” round:

Cannoli Dream
Tiramisu
Black Forest
Belgian White Truffle
Lemon Berry Bliss
German Chocolate
7th Heaven
Coconut Carrot
Mocha Madness
Neapolitan
Strawberry Duet
Raspberry Royale
Chocolate Chantilly
For the Love of Peanut Butter
Tres Leches

In addition to the cakes, they also have Éclairs, Strawberry Croissants, Petite Cheesecakes, Chocolate Bombes, Cannolis (made fresh to order so they are still crunchy), Peanut Butter Pie, Decadent Minis, Freshly Bakes Crullers, Decadent Apples, Tuxedo Strawberries, Brownies (look like brownie mini-cakes with different toppings), Fresh Fruit Tart, and of course the Cake in a Cup (monster sized cupcakes).

When talking with members of the Price Chopper Decadent Dessert Team, I asked a question. The Colonie store has a Kosher Bakery. I was curious if most of the items could be made to order there if I ever want to entertain at my house where we keep kosher. I was told that almost every item is, just raspberry items would not be an option. SCORE! This is great to know since we may need something to bring with us from a bakery when going to family or friends.

I do believe that I need to talk to TechyDad and my mother. I think we may have to try the Cannoli Dream cake for Thanksgiving or some other event coming up soon. Yes, the description sold me with the Cannolis along with the real whipped cream on top. YUM!

Oh and if we do not get these for Thanksgiving, my birthday, Chanukah, and holiday parties are just around the corner. I know we will be sampling more of these in our future.

More from the event to share soon. Again, a huge thank you to the entire team at Price Chopper for inviting me to this wonderful event.

Disclosure: I was invited to the Price Chopper Holiday Cheer event to learn about new items and holiday entertaining ideas with other bloggers. I was not compensated or expected to write any reviews. All opinions are my own. I did receive a bag of goodies, along with some amazing new cheeses to thank me for coming.

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Thanksgiving Celebrations at School

Posted on November 18, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Holiday celebrations at school change from year to year. Thanksgiving seems to be a holiday that most classrooms at the elementary school level participate in one way or another.

In kindergarten, my son’s teacher asked people to send in an item that is special and represents our family. We brain stormed. In the end, my little pilgrim wanted us to send in Matzoh Balls.

In first grade, NHL’s teacher wanted to keep things simple. Everyone brought in things to share in a small afternoon party where they gave thanks.

For second grade at the old school, the second and third grade classes had a large feast together. It was filled with amazing smells and foods.

This year, NHL’s teacher has a huge Thanksgiving meal for the entire family to go to. They are learning about this part of history in Social Studies. I can not wait to see what we have next week.

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So to combine this with Aloha Friday my question for the week is:

What did you do in school for Thanksgiving, or what do your children do?

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Phineas and Ferb Halloween Surprise

Posted on November 5, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Dear NHL and JSL,

The two of you love Phineas and Ferb. It seems to be something that both of you can agree on. While shopping with Papa one day, we spotted Phineas and Ferb Halloween Shirts. They were too funny and bought immediately since they had your sizes.

When both of you were home from school, I wanted to take a photo of you wearing the shirts. Of course, this ended up in a comedy of errors. Here are some of the photos that I used in another post.

Photo Out Takes

When the shirts were bought, it reminded me that I had put away a special Halloween card for the two of you to share. Yes, since it was unique and fun – you were both to share this card. After I tried to take the photos above, I turned on the video and captured the two of you figuring out what was inside the envelope.

Capturing this moment for Daddy to see was fun. NHL, I caught the start of you singing along. Soon after, both of you were singing and dancing with the Busted song as we got your costumes ready to head out for some trick-or-treating.

The two of you showed me once again, it’s the little things that make you happy.

Love,

Mommy

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Family Photo Day Fun

Posted on November 3, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

November is here and suddenly a slight sinking feeling goes into my stomach. Yes, the thought of creating a holiday card to send to family and friends hits. Since we celebrate Chanukah, we do not send Christmas Cards. Rather than do some for each holiday, we pick out New Year Cards. Now that we have kids, we like to do a card with photos. Thanks to a Global Influence Campaign, I am now more familiar with Shutterfly and their large selection of holiday cards and other photo gifts.

We used to sit and try to come up with that one perfect photo of the boys or all of us. Reality check. That just does not work. Instead, it usually results in a comedy of errors of funny shots like this one from Halloween:

Now, there are holiday cards that allow us to pick out multiple photos to represent the fun and exciting things that have happened over the past year. So we can skip these hijinks and use one with the boys in their Darth Vader and Jedi Tigger costumes. Of course, I also want to include a group family shot. These are rare since TechyDad or I are almost always behind the camera. Lucky for us, one of my favorite photos from this year is with all of us. We are in the United Kingdom at Epcot visiting with Tigger and Pooh. It may not be the best, but it is my favorite. It shows us in our happy place, together, and having fun.

I know that over the next few weeks, I will be using the tools, resources, and ideas on Shutterfly’s Family Photo Day website. They will help me to make our perfect holiday card to send to family and friends to welcome in 2012. In addition to this, I would love to plan a Family Photo Day with other local friends. The idea behind this is to gather together, be spontaneous, fun, silly, and capture moments for each other that may be tricky to do for your own family. I love the idea and how it is explained in this video:

So what do you think? Could you see the benefits of a Family Photo Day with a larger group of family? I think it would take the pressure off and make something that can often be stressful more fun and creative.

Disclosure: I wrote this post as part of a Global Influence campaign for Shutterfly. By sharing this information with my readers, I will also receive 50 free cards to thank me for my participation. No other compensation has been given and all opinions are mine.

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