Thanksgiving Recap

The princess sat still JUST long enough for a photo with Grandpa and Nama.

Ever since returning from a recent trip to NY, Leah has loved playing under the table.

This is how we clean the dishes at our place. Leah loves to help.

Thanksgiving Day was a bit more subdued than previous years, but equally enjoyable. This year, Scott and I hosted my parents rather than all of us trekking over to my best friend's dad's house, as is our usual custom. Turkey day morning was actually pretty relaxing (well, for me; Scott was working on house projects): I had a chance to watch the parade and lounge about before prepping some of the dinner dishes later that afternoon. (Guess that's what happens when the pies are made a day ahead of time, huh?)

Mom and Daddy joined us about 4, and Leah decided to wake up right about that time, too (could she smell the turkey and fixings?), so we were soon feasting on way too many delicious dishes. After all, how much food could 4.5 people eat?

A Thanksgiving staple over the past couple of years has been homemade macaroni and cheese-- yum! I (and Scott, too, for that matter) thought that Leah would primarily consume mac and cheese, and then maybe have a little bit of everything else. Was I ever wrong! She hardly touched it! Of all the delectable dishes on the table that night, Leah's favorite, by far, was... the canned cranberry sauce. I kid you not.

At one point during the meal, she pointed to the sauce which was on one of Leah's plates. (Hmmm, I wonder if THAT'S why she wanted it.) "Well, if she wants to try it, let her," I thought. This kid tried it and then some! If she hadn't already eaten some of the other foods, she most certainly would've had a cranberry sauce dinner.

A couple hours later, we sat down for dessert: peanut butter cup pie and apple pie. Mmmmm. I gave Leah some of my apple pie, figuring she'd scarf it down. (After all, it IS apple pie!) She didn't want just plain pie, though; she wanted Cool Whip, too. So, since it was the holiday, I obliged her, plopping a dollop of the creamy goodness on her pie. Well, forget the apples! Like the cranberry sauce, the Cool Whip didn't last long. At one point, Leah was actually LICKING her plate clean! Oh my!

Guess if we're ever in doubt as to what to serve her, we know what to pick up at the store: cranberry sauce and Cool Whip, the dinner of champions!