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Yay for Gracie's first Thanksgiving!
I went to my brother's and got plenty of face time with my 19 month-old great niece and my 5 week old great niece! But, my niece, the mother of the 19 month old, is so very, very pregnant with a son that she looks ready to pop any minute and miserable waiting for it to happen.
I made my first pumpkin pie, with a gluten-free crust and gluten-free stuffing. But they both were a little bit off: the stuffing was over-done and the pie crust was under-done.
Home from Thanksgiving dinner with a friend. We had a great time.
CJ was asked if he was a high school sophomore. He is in 7th grade and shares some classes with one of the boys. He is only 6 months older than L but is a good 3 inches taller and his voice is so deep.
Who isn't comatose after TG dinner & day? Oof. Good day, good company.
I didn't get to a place with Thanksgiving until I was 18, pretty much (it's not like my parents celebrated it when we were little in Canada--they never would) so it's always been an adult friend holiday for me. Even the few times I celebrated with extended family it had much less impact. T-Day is for friends, for me. Christmas is for family. Both are stripped of much of their tradition save the company and the food, but those are powerful components right there.
I've made it for friends, cause otherwise I'd have no other holiday that matters to me that didn't involve me being a daughter in some form or another, and that can have baggage, even if god baggage. Plus friends!
Dinner was sort of a disaster. I am not able to wrangle two kids and make a turkey dinner from scratch while trying to be somewhat charming to guests at the same time. I screwed up the biscuits again and I undercooked the turkey and then I had to make an emergency side dish. Dinner was almost two hours late.
Sigh.
The upside is it was 80 degrees and we ate outside which was beautiful. Grace fell asleep at the table, kind of adorably. It was good.
I must state it didn't feel or taste like a disaster, though I know it was a lot of work.
WARNING: COMA IMMINENT.
WARNING: COMMA IMMINENT.
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Tep is awesome, Gracie is adorable (hooray Thanksgiving at home!), I am filled to repletion with delicious food.
Kat, I fixed your link. It's the least I could do for the completely non-disastrous dinner.