daddy snuggles
- Katie, you made a batch of brownies last night. When I woke up this morning, there were trails dug by little fingers all through the top. George, you owned up to it quite happily and complimented Katie on her delicious brownies.
- Katie, you've been watching The Office on Netflix. You and Jane were watching this morning and laughing and laughing together. It was music to my ears.
- We had Ichibans for lunch. It's one of your favorite lunch foods, but I haven't bought it in a long while.
- We had our turkey dinner today. Auntie Georgia and Uncle Ben came over to enjoy it with us. I think I was the calmest I've ever been while making a big dinner. Jane, you peeled all the potatoes...all 10 pounds of them! Katie, you made the carrots. I appreciated your help. Jane, I taught you how to make gravy. You did good! It was great.
- Our dinner consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, stuffing, broccoli, carrots, corn, gravy, cranberry sauce and hollandaise. It's one of our family's favorite meals. I always brine the turkey overnight which makes it super flavorful and moist. Delicious! Auntie Georgia and Uncle Ben brought Apple crisp made with the apples from their trees. It was so yummy.
- We went around the table to say what we were thankful for:
Jane - the delicious dinner
Katie - the fact that Terry Fox is not a fox (long standing family joke)
Georgia - her faux family (us)
Ben - the good food
Me - Ian
Daddy - me for making the dinner
Lila - mommy
George - mommy - George, you were crazy tonight. So hyper and loud and busy.
- Lila, you played with Auntie Georgia and Uncle Ben for a long time. You were hiding a magnetic letter under one hand and then getting them to guess which hand it was under. You made a card for them. It said, "Thank you for coming to our house. Love, Lila"
- Daddy cleaned the kitchen for us. Cooking a turkey dinner is an all day affair, so it was nice to be able to sit down and put my feet up after they left and everyone was in bed.
Melissa Newbery
