Thanksgiving is a time where all the family traditions come out to share with friends and family. Here are a few tips for planning your celebration:

Many people spend the day, or more often just the afternoon, preparing their Thanksgiving meal. This meal generally includes the turkey, beets, mashed potatoes, stuffing, dinner rolls, candied yams, and of course dessert.

Sesame Street is a favorite in our household as it is in millions of others. Still running after decades on public television this classic show was and is still working to educate your children while entertaining them with interesting puppet characters. If the hullabaloo in past years over the Tickle Me Elmo dolls and other Sesame Street toys is any indication this show is extremely popular with today’s kids. You’ll want a party menu that’s just as popular and tasty too.

Let’s face it-sushi or sashimi can be either the most delicious thing you have ever put in your mouth or horrible. People either love the idea of eating out of the sea raw fish or shutter and grimace at the thought.

As a fan of this cuisine, I have tried several places within Orange County, California. Let’s face it you stay where you are most comfortable and for me, the “OC” has been home for all but the first 5 years of my life. My entire family-even the newly teenaged niece and nephew have an affinity for the freshest and best of japanese “good eats”.

These popular dolls were really big during the 80s and early 90s and they are experiencing a little bit of a revival in popularity. So your kids today are having fun and enjoying some of the same Cabbage Patch Kids dolls that you enjoyed as a kid.

The Cabbage Patch Kids menu involves all things cabbage related. At least as far as you can stand it for the party! You’ll want to include some Cole Slaw made from Cabbage, Cabbage and Noodles and the hearty Cabbage Rolls. For a back up if your party guests are stubbornly refusing to remain open and go for a simple tossed salad with lettuce and easy oven pizza on the side.

You can celebrate Easter with many different menu items, from the traditional to the unusual. Whatever you and your family choose to prepare for your Easter celebration, it really is nice to spend the day enjoying each others’ company. Here are a few food ideas to get you started:

While there are many traditions in each family, there are usually a few traditional menus that you’ll find. Foods like eggs, ham and chocolate are universally popular however. Ham with potato salad, deviled eggs, watermelon, and chocolate bunnies for dessert is a simple yet delicious menu.

Pretty much all boys are fascinated with dinosaurs at some point in their youth. So much so that almost all the dinosaur movies that have ever come out were extremely popular. Since there is such a plethora of dinosaur merchandise available, it is fairly easy to obtain various party favors such as stickers or art books and the like. There are also a large sum of products such as dinosaur print napkins and paper plates to aid not only with the décor but also the clean up process. You should have very little trouble coming up with dinosaur themed meal ideas; however here are a few suggestions

Ah, construction, the foundation of the very house where the party to celebrate it is located. It is fairly easy to set up the decoration for a construction theme, a bunch of unused lumber, some hammer and nails, hard hats, overalls, and viola you’re your house will scream under construction without even needing to remodel anything. The color orange with white stripes like the barrels, or the yellow of caution tape always go with construction as a theme. Some menu items that go with construction can either be creative to do with the theme or hearty and filling like would be eaten before setting to work.

Since the days of Steam Boat Willy, Mickey Mouse has been oh so popular with the kids. Why even you have nostalgic memories of Mickey Mouse cartoons and his movies. Lots of people have gone to the Disney theme parks too and even had a chance to meet Mickey Mouse himself! Now you have the chance to create some great memories of your own kid’s Mickey Mouse admiration. If they haven’t already discovered Mickey Mouse then you can introduce them to the loveable character. Start off with some great party food!