30 November 2012

-:- happy (really belated) thanksgiving

The highlights of our Thanksgiving holiday were definitely the three people who traveled all the way up the country to spend it with us. We visited with our darling nephew and his amazing parents during our first Thanksgiving in our new home and had such fun with all of them.



Our nephew is just the sweetest, cutest baby. When he approves of what he's eating, he says "Mmmm" and he chews his food, even though he only has two little teeth. He loves bath time and really wants to walk - he had a few moments of unassisted standing that were super fun to watch. And my goodness, when that child laughs and smiles, it's just the best thing in the world.

He sleeps with the bear I gave him when he was just a bean, which makes me insanely happy, and he has some of the best parents in the world. Good stuff all around.

We used our new china for our meal and learned a thing or two about how to put a big dinner on the table. I made a pumpkin pie from scratch, which turned out to be only mildly disastrous. As I was sliding it into the oven, the oven rack caught and jolted my pie so that filling spilled over two of the sides and into my hot oven. I may have shed a few tears.


As you can see, my crust was a bit burned where the filling spilled over, and I think it could have come out of the oven a bit sooner than it did, but it tasted okay so that's something! I'm pretty sure there's another pie in the cards for this weekend so I can redeem myself a bit. I am becoming more and more determined to make a successful pie, dang it.

I skipped the turkey this year for a Trader Joe's faux turkey - which wasn't half bad, but I think I'll be okay without it next time around. I'd rather spend time making some other wonderful side dish. Plus, none of the leftover faux turkey was edible - something happens when you microwave it to make it pretty rubbery.





Of course, we thought a lot about everything we have to be thankful for (each other, our wonderful family and friends, our houses and jobs, this crazy life). We also thought a lot about the people in our family who are in other parts of the world and sent much love their way.

xox


8 comments:

  1. Sounds like a lovely Thanksgiving. Enjoy your weekend.

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  2. Yum, looking at your photos makes me wish for a Thanksgiving do-over. We had a sick baby so missed out, but your table looks delicious. And...redemptive desserts are always quite tasty, enjoy!

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    1. Oh no! I hope your sick baby is feeling much better!

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  3. I love your china. We just did our turkey this weekend. We had no leftovers, so hubby deep fried a turkey today so we could have some other things out of the leftovers.

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    1. Thank you! That must have been quite a job!

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  4. My pies looked like yours, I spilled. I just made sure that I served me those burnt edges :) Everything looks oh so delicious!

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    1. Oh my goodness - at least I wasn't alone! That was such a moment for me - thank goodness everyone was out of the house and not there to witness it!

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