The Stone Family: Thanksgiving 2017

So Thanksgiving this year was the day that we told the kids about how another baby would be joining our family! I made a little scavenger hunt with clues that they could find and they had a blast doing it. I thought I took pictures of each thing but could only find some of the pictures. Oh well. Here is the list of clues I came up with and then there are a few pictures of some baby-related stuff we used to hide the next clues by.

1- Today is Thanksgiving! I’m happy you’re here!

We have a surprise so listen my dears.

Follow the clues to find stuff in our home.

These things will help you. Go find mom’s comb.

2- Now what you need is a pink baby bib.

You will find it on Brenna’s crib.

3- Look on top of your white toy shelf.

Inside a house will be a girl by herself.

4- There’s something in Garrett’s room where his socks usually are.

Find the clue to help you get far.

5- The girls like to play babies with the mini toy bed.

Look under the covers to find something red.

6- The next place you kiddos need to look,

Is a place in our house where you read lots of books.

7- To find the final clue, you must start walking,

Go downstairs and find a red stocking.

8- What do all these clues mean to you?

Can you figure out all the clues?

We took a video of the whole thing to be able to see their reactions and go back and watch it in the future, so that should be fun. We told them that this is a really big secret that they aren't allowed to tell anyone because we decided not to tell all the rest of our family members until we find out the gender in December. I think they feel very grown up getting to be in on knowing such a big secret, haha.

We had originally had plans to do Thanksgiving with another family in our ward that doesn't have any family nearby, but we all came down with some sort of sickness that we just didn't want to spread. This has been a year of a lot of sickness it seems. I feel like whenever I'm pregnant my body's immune system isn't very good. So I just didn't feel up to doing much. And to be honest, I've never cooked a turkey before and didn't feel up to trying it, haha. So I just threw a roast in the crock pot, made mashed potatoes and gravy, and threw together a green bean casserole. I had also made rolls the week before and put them in the freezer so we whipped those out and had them with our meal. Nothing fancy but it was fun to have Thanksgiving dinner with just our little family. Oh, and I also made a banana cream pie along with a pumpkin pie.