Happy Holidays to each and every one of you!
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Happy Holidays from The Megalomaniac Mommy & Family
I just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah (or Chanukah), Happy Kwanza……just Happy Holidays to all! Thank you to all of you who stop by and read on a regular basis, leave comments and really just say hello! I hope you all have a blessed holiday!
Here is a peek at the beginning of our holiday celebrations!
On Friday, Alexander had his first (of many) holiday celebrations at school. Alex joined him in all the holiday fun while I was home tending to Ellie.
On Saturday, we schlepped all 4 kids over to the in-laws house for dinner and near the end, we had a surprise visit from the man in a red suit.
As you can see, it is impossible to get all 4 children to look at the camera and smile at the same time. I am hopeful that someday it will happen!
Happy Holidays to You and Yours!
Febreze® Home Collection Wooden Wick Candle
Want your house to smell like there is a fire burning in your non-existent fireplace and you just pulled fresh gingerbread cookies out of the oven without actually having done either?
I have the solution!
Home Collection!
This candle is addicting.
Thank goodness it burns for up to 80 hours!
The Wooden Wick Candles are available in a variety of scents. The Gingersnap Vanilla is seasonal along with Yumberry Sangria and Anjou Pear Sauce which both sound like they would smell delish too!
Other available scents are Green Tea Citrus, Pomegranate Mango, Cranberry Pear, Orange Honeycomb, Rosewood Plum, and Willow Blossom.
I am a huge fan of candles but I have never found anything like this and can tell you that I will continue to fill our home with wooden wick candles because I love that it smells like there is a fire burning and since we have no fireplace, this just does the trick for me!
Now I just have to go snatch up a few more of the gingersnap vanilla scent before they disappear from the stores!
Disclaimer: I received a sample product at no cost to me in exchange for my complete and honest review. All words, thoughts and opinions are my own.
Our First Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, the Alex and I are doing something we have never done. We are preparing our own Thanksgiving dinner for our little family of 5 to enjoy together.
Since my in-laws are off on a Trans-Atlantic cruise for the next 3 weeks, we celebrated Thanksgiving early with them and since they always get us on Thanksgiving and my parents get us the day after, we have found ourselves with the opportunity to do something on our own.
The plan is to make a fabulous meal while we watch the Green Bay Packers kick some Detroit Lion butt and just enjoy the family time together.
On the menu is a massive 22 pound turkey ( I know, 22lbs for 5 people—can we say major leftovers?!!! The Alex was in charge of purchasing the turkey and took advantage of the fact that we got it for $0.44 a pound thanks to our store savings card!) We are going to stuff the turkey with aromatics and roast it while basting and brushing it with butter because really, everything is better with butter!!!
We will also be making cornbread stuffing that involves bacon (YUM!), bacon-cheddar mashed potatoes, baked macaroni and cheese, a broccoli casserole, corn, sweet potatoes, fresh rolls, cranberries and of course homemade gravy!! Plus there will be both pumpkin and apple pie for dessert!
I cannot wait to start cooking!!!
We are super excited to have the opportunity to do this and cannot wait to start cooking! I will be posting pictures and recipes after the holiday so you can see how everything went!
This will be the first time either of us has ever cooked a turkey!!
The crazy busy emotional week from hell
It’s hard to believe that week ago today our family spent the day up north with the Alex’s parents, grandma and 2 uncles to enjoy an early Thanksgiving together before my in-laws departs for their 3 week Trans Atlantic cruise. We had a great time, shared some wonderful conversation, there was laughing and playing, kids running to and fro and even nap time for those who had indulged in too much turkey.
24 hours after that wonderful family celebration, we found ourselves in mourning.
One of the uncles that we had enjoyed the holiday with had passed away very unexpectedly.
There we were, in shock, tears flowing and our hearts breaking.
24 hours after learning of the news of Uncle Chet’s passing, we learned that Zack would need to have surgery and have screwed placed in his right hip to stabilize a growth plate that had slipped causing him pain.
24 hours later, I was sitting in a hospital room with Zack helping to comfort him and get through the pain from his surgery.
Less than 24 hours later we were leaving the hospital and bringing Zack hope to start his 8 week recovery.
Yesterday we attended the funeral for Uncle Chet. We shared stories that made us laugh and cry and we remembered a great man. We talked with other family members about what needs to be done, who needs to do what, right down to shipping furniture here and there to ensure that everyone in the family has something to remember Uncle Chet.
In the past week, I have shed more tears than I have in the last 6 months. It has been crazy, busy and emotional but it is a week to give thanks and I will be forever grateful that we spent last Sunday celebrating Thanksgiving early allowing us that last chance to spend time with Uncle Chet before he made his way to heaven.