Well Jenna, Will and I are all very excited to be able to see everyone over the Thanksgiving break. Just so that you know, we will be around for some of Wednesday, all of Thursday, and Will and I will be around on Friday (Jenna has to fly back on Friday morning for the wedding of one of her best friends.) Since this holiday basically revolves around food and eating, I just wanted to send out a little reminder about Will's food allergy. (you might be getting kind of tired of getting these emails every time there is a family function and we are hoping that he will someday grow out of it and I can stop with the emails 
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Just as a recap of the issues...
1) Will's worst allergy is Nuts, this is all nuts, not just peanuts. If possible please avoid.
2) He is also allergic to eggs however not as severe.
3) I understand that since Thanksgiving basically centers around the Food, there are some "special" thanksgiving dishes that involve either nuts or eggs, it that is the case I don't want to ruin the tradition, however, Jenna and I would ask that you PLEASE let us know what the dish is so that we can stay away from it.
4) We would appreciate if you would check the "Second Level" ingredients. By this I mean that all "dishes" are made with multiple ingredients. Some of these ingredients could contain nuts or eggs. For example (this doesn't really apply to thanksgiving but make the point), say I was making Lasagna. Main ingredients are, noodles, tomato sauce, cheese and meat. Well if you look on the labels, many noodles have eggs, almost all store bought spaghetti sauce was manufactured on equipment with nuts, and if you use certain kinds of sausage for your meat, it may contain eggs. Just an example but you get the picture.
5) If you do eat anything that has eggs or nuts, or if you know that your kids do, Please wash your hands and remind your kids to do the same. I know you might not go from a PB&J to playing with Will but if the other kids play with toys and get PB on them and the Will comes along and sucks on it...there will be some problems.
6) If you have any questions at all about Food allergies, please feel free to ask. I know is may sound crazy but we eat very well without eggs or nuts. We have found many substitutes / alternatives and would be happy to share what we have learned.
I hate that we always have to bring this up but as most of you are parents you understand that you want to protect your kids.
Once again, if you have any questions, just let us know.
