Yeah, I am really behind in doing some actual posts, rather than little snippets on ToT. And pictures! Where have the pictures been? I have no idea. But here's to trying to improve on those things.
We started the morning with a leisurely french toast casserole while we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Afterwards, we watched the dog show while we cooked. This was our first Thanksgiving in the new house, and it was such a pleasure to cook in my new kitchen! There was plenty of room to have different projects underway in various places on the countertops, while also having someone (my mom!) cleaning without us tripping over each other.
Rebecca was a tremendous help in making the decorations. She began her projects a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving and had quite an assortment of things. She made little turkey art projects with craft foamboard and feathers and googly eyes, which we made into place cards. Rebecca added her collection of tiny pumpkins to the dining room table also.
I had twig pumpkins that I had planned to use for centerpieces, but that was just not fancy enough for Rebecca. For the table where we had the food, she added a handprint turkey she did on a spare piece of cardboard. Probably two weeks before Thanksgiving, she folded paper napkins into triangles and then glued them into place with a glue stick. This was very fancy indeed. As she set her tablescape, she added a stuffed bird and a baby Jesus Christmas tree ornament. This completed her look and she was quite pleased.
Rebecca also helped me make another centerpiece for the main table from flowers and herbs we bought at the farmers market in my fairytale pumpkin. She only would not participate in the cutting of the pumpking, "because that stuff inside is GROSS!" I thought it turned out really nicely, compared to the similar one they had at Costco for $40.
Not everyone in our household was as helpful.
Just kidding. Ramy took out the trash regularly and didn't ask too many questions. Actually, Ramy did the nicest thing by befriending our neighborhood security guard who was on duty and has to make rounds of all the building construction sites every 2 hours. He's a nice Filipino man whose wife is still in the Philippines. So he was both alone and working on Thanksgiving, until Ramy convinced him to join us for Thanksgiving dinner. We were pleased to have our new friend Rod with us for dinner.
Myrna, Ed, and Jessica came by for appetizers on their way to their other-side-of-the-family obligations. We had cheese straws and sausage balls as appetizers.
Then Grandma and Auntie Theresa came over and Rebecca entertained them while we finished up preparing for the meal. We had turkey breast, honeybaked ham, cornbread dressing, hashbrown casserole, creamed corn, macaroni and cheese, and homemade rolls. Dessert included pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, and vanilla bean pound cake.
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