Thanksgiving Already...Homeschooling Obsession....:)

Wow, the year is just flying past-just last year at this time I was preparing to leave my kids for the first time EVER to travel to meet my new boyfriend's family in Charlotte. I can't believe that it's been a YEAR, or that we are heading into a new year!
This Thanksgiving celebrates a whole new type of holiday for my children. For the first time in their young lives, my parents will be in town for a real family holiday. They have owned a timeshare for about 14-15 years and have never been around. This was a little shocking to me, considering that every single Thanksgiving of my life was exactly the same until that point. I spent the first few Thanksgivings with friends, traveling, then had my first child and tried to pull off something that resembled "Thanksgiving"...Finally, after many years and too many Thanksgivings traveling pregnant and with children, I decided to give it up:) About 7 years ago I decided that I would buy everyone new jammies...We woke up on Thanksgiving and bathed-then put on new comfy jammies. We would watch the Macy's parade and eat dunkin donuts, and also beef stick and yellow onions....(family thing;)) I would cook a million things and drink wine and enjoy my jammies:) We stayed home and told everyone they were invited to stop by for whatever food was on the table at the time-but that we would be in jammies and using holiday paper plates:) Lots of football, food, whatever...:) My kind-stress free and I get to cook:)
This year we are celebrating at my brother's house-he is an amazing chef:) It should be amazing. David should be here within hours, and the kids will all be in one place for the day-including my nephews:)
I hope, however, that I can even get myself out of the house to celebrate:)! I am SOOOO wrapped up in our homeschooling right now-it's insane-it feels GREAT:) I have a thirty three page detailed outline of American History that I created to work from...We are documenting the chronological sequence of events including presidents and states added to the union...It is VERY long and VERY invloved-Thankfully I have a great jet printer-I print NON STOP!:)
My obsession is with lapbooking/notebooking, and http://www.handsofachild.com/ seems to be the place to be:) They, BTW, are having a HUGE Black Friday sale this Friday in the am-between 3am and 9am, all project packs are 45% off!!!!!!!!!!! That's AMAZING and my list is growing quickly-I am matching them into ALL of our future plans!!! I LOVE these things!!!!!!:)
Oh my....I need to save this and head to work...David may be here later and the house needs a quick pick me up:)
More soon......Lapbooking....:)
Sami