We hosted the family Christmas Eve party this year, which I was really happy to do except for one thing- THE TURKEY!!! I like to plan the activities and decorate, but the food portion always stresses me out. When Scott asked if we could cook a turkey, I said, "Sure!" but I really wanted to say, "Heck no!" Turkeys never cooperate. They never seem to thaw on time. I swear I could leave that frozen bird in the fridge for a month and it would be as rock solid on day 30 as it was on day 1. I always end up trying to thaw it in the sink with cold water, but changing the water every hour is a bit time consuming and just a pain. Then, if the darn thing is finally thawed, it either gets done way too early or way too late. It doesn't ever seem to finish during the recommended time frame. Those are my reasons for hating to cook a turkey, especially on a day when you've got a ton of other things to be getting done. Nonetheless, turkey was on the menu.
As usual, the turkey was done almost an hour early! Not even the appetizers were done... but we all survived and it was a fun evening. Oakley was especially thrilled he'd graduated to the adult table and got to sit by cool cousin Austin. Austin talked with Oakley the whole meal, Oakley loved it.
Who is that Grumpy Bug?!?! Such a sad face the night Santa is coming!
After dinner, we played Family Feud with Christmas questions. I was really proud of Eli when the question was, "Name a person associated with Christmas," and he said, "Jesus!" The most popular answer was, of course, Santa, but not who came to mind first for Eli. Grandma Fotheringham and Grandma Moore did a fish pond for the kids.
Audrey would throw back any of the toys she received that she didn't like. We think she was waiting for an Ariel doll that she'd asked Santa to bring her. When it wasn't the Ariel doll, she shoved it under the sheet and tried again. She did approve of the snacks and treats. She found a stool in the corner of the kitchen and made it a table to sit and snack away at her prizes.
Grandma Fotheringham showed the slide show with the Nativity Story pictures we took when we were young and the traditional Right-Left candy bar game. The kids got to open their gifts from Grandpa and Grandma Fotheringham. Grandpa made the boys a wooden track for their Hot Wheels cars, Grandma made a photo album for each of them with pictures of all the Fotheringham family members and a little blurb about each of them, and a new Wii game.
Every year Scott and I think we're going to get a decent night's sleep on Christmas Eve. No such luck... we ended up with about 2 hours of sleep before the Christmas Day fun began...
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