Thankful for Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving festivities started a day early. While I was starting to cook some of the food the day before Thanksgiving, I thought I would revisit a fun idea I had done last year. As you must know by now, I am a HUGE "Peanuts" fan! I (heart) Charlie Brown!!! So while the littles watched "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," I made them the silly Thanksgiving lunch that was featured in the movie...

 

What carb-loving-person wouldn't gobble this lunch right up!?!? Such a fun treat!
 

On the actual holiday, my family hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house...

 

Girls-only please :0)...

 

Just my gorgeous turkey...

 

Before dinner, there was even more picture taking.

Some of the manly-men...

Some of the lovely-ladies...

Both of the little-ladies...

And Grammy with her girls...

 

These 2 just couldn't get it together...either of them kept closing their eyes!...

And Uncle Rick orchestrated a game of football with the boys...

 

 

Some pre-dinner eating included...

Rick's Famous Cheeseball, Sees Candy...

 

...and even MORE chocolate from Cousin Jay!!!...

 

Fancy-Shmancy stuff here folks!...

 

The tables were set...

 

 

 

The turkey was READY!...

 

And then "the incident" occurred. This was the 10th year Rick and I have hosted Thanksgiving, but this was the 1st year I carved the turkey. After carving said turkey, I laid the carving fork right next to the platter on the kitchen counter for a second. Right then, my brother's dog sneaks into the kitchen, and tries to snatch a piece of turkey right off of the platter ("BAD DOG!!!")...but instead, the dog's snout ever so slightly knocks the carving fork off of the counter, and then like in sloooooow moooooootioooooon, the carving fork sails to the ground (pointers-side-down) straight in to the top of my foot!!! OOOOOUCH! Insert gushing blood...Insert lots of pain...Insert too many questions from too many people ("WHAT HAPPENED!? ARE YOU OK!? WHAT'S GOING ON!?"). After processing in my mind what had just happened, and what I should do next (stop the bleeding!)...I was officially escorted out of/banned-from the kitchen, lol! Fortunately, there are MANY unlicensed "doctors" in my family, and I was well cared for...even with the varying opinions/"prescriptions" of what cleaning-of-the-wound techniques should be done (or not done.)

Reliving "the incident"...

 

A little prick...a little bruising...a LOT of drama, lol...

 

After "the incident" was wrapped up, it was EATIN' TIME!!!

 

 

Everyone was very excited to be eating!...

 

 

 

Wyatt had been looking forward to eating the drumstick for like a MONTH! His moment was finally here!!!...

 

After dinner, comes dessert...and would you believe...I didn't take a single picture of the desserts! How is that even possible!?!?! :0( "The incident" had obviously messed with my decision making. :0(

So after dessert...and after sharing what we were thankful for...Auntie Cheech had a surprise for the littles!!!

 

A Lego Advent Calendar for all of my little Lego addicts! :0)

Even with "the incident," it was a great evening with the ones we love. There was food...there was fun...there was family...a perfect recipe for a good time!