Thanksgiving 2008 + Noah's birthday

We hosted Thanksgiving here this year, and it also happened to be Noah's birthday. I think this may be the 2nd time his birthday has fallen on the actual day of Thanksgiving.

Anyway, Mom, Dad, Jackie, and Grandma T. made the schlep over to MN for some turkey and stuffing. Bob was super chef. He did the turkey and stuffing all himself. It is a Martha Stewart recipe we've made before, and it was AWESOME. You can check out the recipe here. We skipped the cranberry glaze, though. I made the mashed potatoes (from a box, because those are my favorites) and candied sweet potatoes, plus a pie. The pie was an adventure. Haven't done that since my 4-H days, and the first attempt at the crust was a horrid failure ... for me. But for G, it was very much a good thing. :-) He got to play baker with the failed pie crust and enjoyed every second of it. As a matter of fact, he wants to make a pie tomorrow. Not happening, but I'm glad he enjoyed the experience.



G was also in charge of place mats. He cut out all but 4 of the feathers for the turkeys - that about 30 feathers. My little 3 yr old is a crafty dude! I love this one because the turkey has 3 legs. :-)



This is what the table looked like with G's place mats.




If you've met Miss Quinn, you know she likes to eat. She inhaled a ton of food, then retired to the couch after her meal. And as she ate, she made these crazy piggy noises ... not really slurping but not exactly Emily Post manners. Poor Grandma T. had the pleasure of sitting next to Quinners. If Quinn tried something she didn't like, she'd delicately place the half eaten item on the edge of Grandma's plate. I'm sure Grandma was thrilled. :-)



In addition to pie - and we ended up with 6: 1 homemade, 2 from the grocery store (buy one, get one on Wednesday before Thanksgiving), and 3 that were from Shopko (my family stopped by Shopko on their way to our house from St. Cloud) - Noah requested oreo dessert in lieu of a birthday cake. Mind you, he's never had oreo dessert. But I told him what was in it: oreos, butter, ice cream, hot fudge topping, and cool whip. Sold.



Noah was actually in heaven all day, because he got Lego Batman for the Wii AND we put the Wii in the living room for the day (it is usually in the toy room, attached to the old faulty tv that fritzes out without warning, causing all gaming to end. Not a bad thing for a toy room, but this was a birthday celebration, right?)

The final hours of Thanksgiving were spent playing Rock Band. Ahhhhh. Good times.