Pedigreed Housewife World

The most important question to ask the day after Thanksgiving is “What should we do with all of these leftovers?” I’m guessing that my answer this year is a bit different than most – though I bet many of you will be sorry you didn’t do it. It started like any other holiday. We pigged out on turkey and all the trimmings and went to bed with the ‘itis. The next day turkey turned into turkey sandwiches and pie was still a diet staple. But now we’re on the third day, which is soup day. The leftover turkey and bones go into the pot to simmer all day into a yummy soup. Are you seeing what I’m seeing? How about after I strain the soup? Now you see where I’m going with this! What better time to talk to the kids about our bones, and how they all fit together! When else will you have a real skeleton to play with? I show the kids the skin first. Abby loves touching the skin. Briana only repeats “Ew! Disgusting!” While they tent...

I don’t know what it’s like at your houses, but at our house an empty cardboard box means endless possibilities.   Imagine the kids’ excitement when a gigantic cardboard box landed at our house (online Christmas shopping has begun). That box has been a hairstylist’s salon, a jail, a playhouse, and everything else under the sun. Now it’s time to transform it once again…and get started on the Thanksgiving decorating. Making a wreath is a simple way to welcome your guests to your house and start the holiday cheer from the second they reach your doorstep so I think that a beautiful wreath is a big part of holiday decorating.  One thing that I think the kiddies need to always know is how to be resourceful. If you can figure out how to, say, make a wreath out of stuff already in your house, you have the skills to problem solve anything because crafting requires creativity and problem solving from start to finish. I start the activity by telling the kids tha...