Today was Thanksgiving. Tim, Ethan, Sophie, and I spent the day with my parents. Merrick was with his dad this year. We missed having him this year. But because he was gone, mom bought a smaller tub of CoolWhip. Merrick likes a little pie with his CoolWhip.
Mom really outdid herself with a wonderful dinner. We are so glad she is a wonderful cook (I'm not much of a cook or truth be told, I just don't like to cook).
MMmmmmmm yummy!!
My contribution this year was the table, as it is most years. The centerpiece and setting it. I did do a little cleaning, but dad & Tim took care of most of the after dinner clean-up (wish I had a photo of that). Maybe next year I'll cook the dinner at my house. Mom still has to make the pies! And mom Betty can make her wonderful cheesy potatoes. Yeah, that could work. Now about the turkey......
We had a good dinner and enjoyed the day. Sophie even sat contently in her seat while I ate.
This being Ethan's 2nd Thanksgiving, he was only 9 months old last year & couldn't eat much of the table food. He tired a little bit of everything and ended up not really eating much. It was too close to nap time and he was really tired. He did end up eating 2 pieces of pumpkin pie, with coolwhip, after his nap. His grandma Pauline would have been so proud, another grandson who loves her pumpkin pies!
We all stuffed ourselves. Me, I stuffed myself on stuffing (I love my mom's stuffing - a billion times better than stove top). All the food was wonderful. I even enjoyed the turkey (hope your sitting down mom). I normally don't like turkey, it's tooooo drrryyyyyy (desert dry). But this turkey was nice and juicy. I might even have leftovers.
It was a good time of food and fun. Here's a shot of Tim enjoying the wonderful food that he got to help with. He has a mouth full, and it's the only shot I've got. And yes, the white shirt stayed white.
Mom just wanted to eat and the camara put away. So I took a shot, the look says it all.
And dad, well he didn't care about the camara. His focus was on his meal.
I have NO clue how you can manage THREE kids. I've got one, and sleep is a distant memory for me. I really can't imagine what it's like to have 3 kids, 2 under theage of 2!! incredible!!
ReplyDeleteYour family is beautiful!!