Happy Birthday KayBee!!!

Today is my #3 Daughter, (KayBee),'s birthday. Happy Birthday Baby!!! She is home from college to celebrate with us. Yesterday, we went shopping & of course, we went to the bookstore (her fav.). She got alot of good deals. She bought quite a few books, which I'm sure she will share reviews with us. Even daughter #4,(Sasha), got books. She hates to read! Wow! Maybe some of KayBee's influence is rubbing off onto her! Only time will tell.

My youngest, Natalia, got some "rocks", gems, quartz, garnet, jade, amethyst, healing stone, etc. So, I bought a book so we could look up what each "rock" does. It is quite interesting to see the different things that these "rocks" do. Ward off evil, help asthma, give good luck, & so on. My grandson even got a tiger's eye which is suppose to keep him focused. Oh yeah, he also got a dino bone! Well, I guess some research will be taking place in our house starting.....now!!! LOL.

It is time for me to go make Birthday Girl her special meals for the day & especially, her dessert!!! Guess? Homemade Pumpkin pie!

Have a wonderful birthday K! We love you!!!
P.S. Don't forget to blog for me again because it is soooo good!

Thanksgiving is in less than 2 weeks! Can you believe it? Are you ready? I'm not, but my daughter is ready to have her baby & I guess I'm trying to work Thanksgiving, waiting for the baby, making gifts, and everything else together. I started making my list for Thanksgiving. I know I will have everything done because I do every year. It's just trying to get my kids to pitch in. Yeah, right! Boy, when everything is done, yum! Noone wants to do the work though. I told them, I'm not getting any younger & I can't do it all myself like I use to. They tell me, "you're not old!" Don't try buttering me up. I know my Kaybee & Natalia will help, but my only son Mischa & daughter #4 Sasha (I call them the twins because they act almost the same) will take their good ole time doing things.

I like to "fall clean" before Thanksgiving. Decorating comes next, then baking & cooking. I invited the family here this year. My sister has fallen upon hard times & won't be able to join us, but my mother & I are going to send her something special. Kaybee who is in college may bring home an international student from Ireland. This would be very special since my daughter speaks some gaelic & my hubby is part Irish. Learning traditions from someone from another country would be very interesting especially for the children, to see how everyone is different in some ways & the same in others. She seems to have fit right in with all the college kids & I hope that if she does come to our home that she will feel right at home.

How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? Or do you have anything like Thanksgiving where you live? Tell us because we are very interested in knowing. Back to my cleaning & list making!