Thanksgiving was upon us in no time. I worked from home on Wednesdsay and Tom took a day so we could prep. My second work project was supposed to be done enough to demo before Tgiving, so leading up to this week were many, many hours of minimal sleep and a lot of scrambling. And, for the record, my manic work hours affect Tom as well!
I am so grateful for Tom’s help. He prepped most of the dishes while Dylan and I contributed with an apple crisp we baked together.
I was rushing to get the demo ready and putting Dylan off from the baking the entire morning, but when he asked for the final time, “when are we going to bake the apple crisp?” and his response to my “one more second. I need to fix this” was to say, “it’s ok, mom. Take as much time as you need,” I knew I just had to wrap things up and spend time with my kid. He is so amazing and so patient and, as I’ve said before, teaches and reminds me constantly of how to be a better/nice/kind/patient person!
Anyway, despite our best efforts, we did not end up making the Thanksgiving deadline! But, for the next couple of days, I hung up the work hat and we enjoyed our family time.
Thanksgiving was at Cindy’s house again…and she, of course, got an adorable holiday outfit for the girls to try on. Chloe was too small to put up too much of a resistance, but we couldn’t get Cameron to wear it for a “formal” photo! The initial plan was to try to use these photos for the holiday card, but that didn’t really pan out!
Cameron, always the wonderfully sweet big sister (she is always so kind to Chloe!), escorted Chloe over to the other room to show daddy this festive outfit.
Jason and Ty still have a serious hockey bug–they are now in a competition league together. This is Jason’s second or third year in the league and Ty’s first year.
They are very sweet about introducing Dylan to the sport and to all of their various hockey-themed activities!
And the rest of the photos are just more highlights from the day. Of course, we stayed until the late evening!
I didn’t manage to get a picture of the spread, but this year, Tom made shepherd’s pie, cornbread, and sweet potatoes (and Dylan and I made the apple crisp).
All of this was prepped the day before! One of the hardest but best things about Tgiving is that we always have to have everything completely prepared before we head to my family’s. It’s always an extra effort up front, but the big benefit is that we can lounge for the rest of the day once we’re there! This year, since the kids and I were doing the Turkey Trot early on Tgiving morning, we spent Wednesday night at my mom’s.
Once there, food prep all done, etc. we totally delighted in hearing the kids so happy and excited to see Lola and Grandpa Mike–they started running around and playing the instant they walked in the door.
Always warms my heart to see the kids with their grandparents–such wonderful, wonderful memories of so much love!
