What happened to Thanksgiving? The turkey leftovers have been since turned into soup and frozen, the advent season has begun, and I’m already getting cravings for the buttery goodness of holiday baking. We had a pre-Thanksgiving meal with Joseph’s the weekend before, and for the actual day we invited a few friends over for some turkey and the traditional accoutrements.
I thought it might be fun this year to do a thankful tree and string up a few of the things we’re grateful for. Unfortunately I didn’t get it up till a couple days before, so we didn’t have much time to fill up the tree, but the idea is nice and helps get even a kid thinking about what they are thankful for, like…
Tom the Turkey (height: 2’3”, weight: 15 lbs.)
We considered eating this little turkey, but he didn’t like that idea. :)
“And then you baste the bird…” Thanks to Julia Child for the moist bird.
One thing I wasn’t particularly thankful for this Thanksgiving… serving under-cooked whole wheat sweet potato rolls. Now thankful for “learning humility.”
The table and a full plate…
It was like we died and went to casserole heaven. There were even more sides that we couldn’t fit on the island.
Time to eat!
Me little man. (The other one was sleeping and soon woke up in a very cross mood.)
His only smile of the evening was for Violet the golden retriever who waited patiently on the porch while we feasted. Good dog.
The thankful tree
The turkey had so many tryptophans, Gunns slept till 11am the next morning. (See, Mom, I told you he rolled his eyes like Jornie!)
And then he woke to play the classic game of “Hit the cranberries with the turkey drumstick, then eat the cranberries and spit them out.”
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