A Day of Thanks With Family

Our Thanksgiving was wonderful! We had a solid breakfast to fuel us up, watched the parade while we cooked and played, then had a late morning snack of fresh veggies, grapes, and cheese and crackers. I stayed home and made a few quick pies while Aunt Melinda, Uncle Jake, and Uncle Paul took Phoebe, Sophie, Sam, Nathan, and Emma to the park. Bryan, Peter, and Cooper joined them a short time later.

No, it wasn't windy, this is the static electricity Sophie gathered while going down the slide. 

Then we gathered back inside for our feast. We enjoyed turkey (courtesy of Bryan and Paul), mashed potatoes and rolls and cottage cheese strawberry Jell-o salad (prepared by Melinda), candied yams (a joint effort by me and Bryan), Martinelli's (provided by Paul), cranberry sauce, stuffing, and steamed mixed vegetables.

We set up folding tables in our entryway and playroom. The kids did an amazing job being tidy, I didn't find any food on the floor after the meal was over. Peter was pretty happy that his seat was at the adult table, not the kids'. Everything was scrumptious. Some of the kids ate just a few bites, then declared they were full and were ready for pie.

We insisted that they wait a few hours before eating dessert. After we ate, some people took naps and some watched Moana. Then we called everyone together for pie.

Cooper helped me make a whopping six pumpkin pies (not pictured here, but some are on the ledge in the above picture of the meal), Peter made his traditional apple pie (this year with a fun star topping), the grocery store provided a lemon meringue and a razzleberry, and we finished off the selection with a banana cream and a chocolate pie. I cut tiny slices and let the kids try as many as they wished.

It was such a lovely day. After the stress of Bryan's injury the night before, I think we were all glad to have such a calm, relaxing Thanksgiving.