Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving was a little different for us this year. This was the very first year we spent our Thanksgiving in South Carolina and away from family. It turned out to be quite a good day for us all. We had gingerbread pancakes for breakfast and watched the Macy's Parade on our laptop. Aidan really enjoyed watching the parade and spent most of the morning lying on the table as I cooked dinner. We went for a nice walk in the gorgeous weather and picked pine cones and leaves and played at the park. After we got back, I finished preparing our food and we sat down to eat.

I was a little overwhelmed at the idea of cooking a turkey because I had never done so, but it turned out decent enough. I also made homemade stuffing with cranberries and apples, roasted apples and sweet potatoes with honey glaze, homemade rolls, creamy mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade gravy, and a pumpkin spice cake for dessert. It was all delicious and I made so much food we are going to be eating leftovers for a good while. Aidan pretty much went with tradition and devoured a roll...and did not want anything else.

We were supposed to go to some new friend's house for dessert, but their daughter was running a fever, so we had a change of plans and stayed home. (Aidan randomly woke with a fever in the night as well, but was fine by morning)We were able to Skype with all our family and then we just spent time with the kids. Aidan really wanted to hold Nora and spent a good while holding her and talking to her on the couch. (He also tried to nurse her, but that is a story for another day. Ha!)

So thankful for my sweet kids!