Mission: Thanksgiving

0800, T-10 Hours

0800
Nothing eventful, and the the alarm breaks the silence of the November morning, beeps three times, sounds as though someone will get out of bed, then the snooze button is hit.
0805
The alarm goes off again. Time to wake up for sure. Panicked Mother and Father leap out of bed, Mother charging into the shower while Father wakes the children Steve (12) and Anne (9), whose wake up is less enthusiastic.
0809
Mother out of shower, rushes downstairs to make a hurried breakfast of dry cereal, thinking 'They can get their own milk.' Then realises the children are upstairs, asleep, charges up to wake them. Finds Steve, snoozing while Anne reads a book. 'Chop, chop!' Mother shouts, they slowly roll out of bed and shamble to the table, Anne slightly more energetic than her brother.
0817
Father comes out of shower, then wanders downstairs and guzzles orange juice from the bottle, finishing it off. Mother runs in to the kitchen, Father looks blearily at her as she demands the turkey, 'Shi-,' he stops suddenly, looking at little Anne, 'I forgot,' He then runs to the store to buy the turkey, throwing a coat over his pyjamas on the way out.
0831
Father returns with the turkey, which Mother places in the microwave for a long time to defrost.
0851
The turkey is pulled out in a wet state, and placed in a large pan befitting its 27 pound glory. Steve and Anne begin vaguely tidying the house for the arrival of relatives at 1400, while Mother frantically chops vegetables and an apple to stuff the turkey, and father hoovers along with the vacuum behind the children.