Yum! The Delicious Smell of Turkey!

As holidays go, Thanksgiving is one of Pink, Gracie and Einstein's favorites. From the time we bring the "fresh (not frozen)" turkey home and a ton of extra groceries, they know we are up to something delicious. They follow us every step we take if it leads to the kitchen. I usually start baking cornbread and desserts a day or two ahead of tim, so we are all (2 humans, 3 dogs) in the kitchen at the same time. Since I am now baking homemade dog treats (our Vet has convinced me that they are much safer and definitely more nutritious) the dogs are absolutely sure that anything on a "Cookie Sheet" has got to be for them. The girls will sit and patiently wait for a treat, but although Einstein is sitting and waiting he is "TALKING" the entire time something is cooking (this is so we won't forget he is in the room....which would be hard to do anyway, due to his large size). Once whatever I am working on is done, it has to cool. before anyone gets a bite....it is absolute chaos, that I dearly love and would not trade for anything in the world.

Then the night before Thanksgiving, I usually put the turkey on to cook around 1 a.m. so that when we get up in the morning it will be done. Around 3 a.m., when it gets to cooking really good and "SMELLING REALLY GOOD", Einstein wakes me to let me know how good it smells and wants to know why I am not up giving him a bite. I manage to get him to go back to sleep only to be waken up every hour on the hour until around 6 a.m. when, by now, he has Pink and Gracie awake too.

One of us will have to guard the turkey once it comes out of the oven....because these three are planning the biggest heist in history. You can look at their cute little faces and see the wheels turning as they sniff the air and glue themselves to me, as I try to finish the rest of the dinner.

When we start setting the dining room table the excitement mounts, because now they know that company is coming and there will be even more humans to con a bite from (especially the grandchildren). At the end of the day, they will indeed get their turkey dinner and be as stuffed as the rest of us and settle down for a nice long nap. The look of utter contentment on their sweet faces is priceless.

So, from our family to yours...WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Mom, Dad, Pink, Gracie & Einstein