I'm not sure why but for some reason I can't write at the top of the first picture anymore. So I guess I'll switch to talking about the picture under the picture now. I suppose I could figure it out, but that might take up too many brain cells, and I don't have any spare ones right now. :) Anyway, in the above picture, we are having a mid-morning wine and cheese party on Thanksgiving Day. Well, the kids are drinking sparkling grape juice, which they called "kid wine."
This year we tried cooking the turkey using the high heat method. We had an 18
pounder and cooked it at 450 degrees for about 3 hours or so. It was delicious, by the way. Well, the only problem was, we didn't want to cook the stuffing at that high of temperature, so we cooked the bird first, then the stuffing, which worked out okay. I put the kids to work ripping up 2 loaves of bread, which they thought was pretty neat. Of course, the side benefit was it kept them out of trouble for a while!
Eventually Joseph figured out that hey, he could eat the bread, so from there on out, it was one for Joseph, one for the bowl.
And what was Daddy doing? Why, peeling lots and lots of potatoes! In fact, we just ate the last of them at lunch today.
We are ready to eat!
One final funny story: At breakfast Thanksgiving morning, we were talking about what we were thankful for and taking turns saying things. Family, friends, a nice, warm house, etc. Then Dan asked Joseph what he was thankful for and he piped up in a little sing-song voice, "I'm a dirty rascal!" What? Where did that come from? We eventually figured out it was from some Bob the Builder tape, but why did he think of it at that moment, when he had never said that before? Oh, the workings of a 2 year
old's mind!
I'm not sure why but for some reason I can't write at the top of the first picture anymore. So I guess I'll switch to talking about the picture under the picture now. I suppose I could figure it out, but that might take up too many brain cells, and I don't have any spare ones right now. :) Anyway, in the above picture, we are having a mid-morning wine and cheese party on Thanksgiving Day. Well, the kids are drinking sparkling grape juice, which they called "kid wine."
This year we tried cooking the turkey using the high heat method. We had an 18 pounder and cooked it at 450 degrees for about 3 hours or so. It was delicious, by the way. Well, the only problem was, we didn't want to cook the stuffing at that high of temperature, so we cooked the bird first, then the stuffing, which worked out okay. I put the kids to work ripping up 2 loaves of bread, which they thought was pretty neat. Of course, the side benefit was it kept them out of trouble for a while!
Eventually Joseph figured out that hey, he could eat the bread, so from there on out, it was one for Joseph, one for the bowl. 
And what was Daddy doing? Why, peeling lots and lots of potatoes! In fact, we just ate the last of them at lunch today. 
We are ready to eat!
One final funny story: At breakfast Thanksgiving morning, we were talking about what we were thankful for and taking turns saying things. Family, friends, a nice, warm house, etc. Then Dan asked Joseph what he was thankful for and he piped up in a little sing-song voice, "I'm a dirty rascal!" What? Where did that come from? We eventually figured out it was from some Bob the Builder tape, but why did he think of it at that moment, when he had never said that before? Oh, the workings of a 2 year old's mind!
3 comments:
What a nice Thanksgiving dinner, just the family!
I bet it was slightly calmer than your house! :)
Glad to see that we were not the only ones to spend Thanksgiving by ourselves:)
Post a Comment