Happy Thanksgiving from The Happy Mom Blog!

I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving, I hope you enjoy delicious food and happy times with your family. I'm leaving to spend time with my extended family and won't be posting for a couple days. Also, good luck to all of you Black Friday shoppers-I hope you get everything on your lists. I'll be back to post some great finds for Cyber Monday! :)

Williams-Sonoma Thanksgiving

If you are playing the role of hostess this Thanksgiving (one week from TODAY-can you believe it?), Williams-Sonoma has a ton of great tips on their website. I'm a huge fan of Williams-Sonoma. When I go into their store, I imagine it's how my daughter feels when she walks into American Girl Place.

WS can help you pick the perfect wine.

They have a video you can watch on setting the perfect table.

They have this beautiful Thanksgiving platter to put your turkey on.
They even have the organic turkey. They sell Willie Bird organic turkeys, which are fresh and can be delivered to you on Tuesday. There is a video on their site to show you how the free-range Willie Birds are raised*.

*I shouldn't have watched this. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about buying organic. However, does anyone really like to give a first and last name to something that they will eat? I also don't like to look at home movies of it surrounded by it's family, knowing it will soon meet it's demise. They look so happy at the farm......maybe we'll have pizza this year.

Countdown to Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is going to be here before we know it. I'm really looking forward to it, it's one of my favorite holidays because I love traditions, good food and families getting together. However, I realize for most kids it's not something that they're too excited about. It's a little blip between the "cool" holidays of Halloween and Christmas and you get a couple days of no school. Well, here are some ideas to rock the kids' table at Thanksgiving this year from Pottery Barn Kids:

The fine china is boring and overrated. These super cute turkey plates make the kiddie table THE place to be this year.

And it's not a party until you add these adorable turkey headbands. How fun are these! They crack me up-I think they have the potential to be used at the adult table after enough wine has been served. :)


Also, keep a basket of fun Thanksgiving books like these ones for kids to read:

Thanksgiving Is... by Gail Gibbons

Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland
The Story of the Pilgrims by Katharine Ross
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters

(this one is a favorite of my daughter)

I'd love to hear how you celebrate Thanksgiving with kids-special crafts, recipes or traditions that you have!