Thankful

Ah… what a nice Thanksgiving!  Because we did a LOT of cooking on Wednesday, today was completely sane.  We managed to get dinner on the table by 4:45, which is a record for us.

Yes, this is for four people!  My son says he’s not bringing any clothes back to school with him- he’s just going to fill his backpack with leftovers.  I wonder if the mashed potatoes will make it through security?

Here’s my plate:

And here’s my son’s:

After he ate us out of house and home last summer, he went back to school and was too busy to eat all the time, so he lost 20 pounds.  I think he gained half of it back today.

After we ate we went for a walk.  It used to be so exciting to see the very first Christmas lights go up on Thanksgiving… this time lights were up all over the neighborhood!  That’s what happens when Thanksgiving is on November 28.

Here’s our house- (JUST KIDDING. I wish this were our house because then our decorations would be up!)

Putting up our outdoor lights will first involve a trip to Target, to replace the lights I took from the outdoor stash to put on our tree… I have no idea when this is all going to happen.

But the tree is decorated!

After our walk, we had pie.

Here’s my sugar-free pie (sweetened with monkfruit.) It was pretty good!  (Recipe adapted from Nora Cooks.)

The other two pies were another pumpkin pie (with sugar) and an apple-cranberry pie.

We watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and of course there was football!  In the afternoon we watched the Bears lose (sigh- someone should put together a montage of all the weird ways the Bears have lost this season) and now I’m watching the Dolphins.

It was such a nice day, I’m sad it’s over.  I know not everyone was lucky enough to be surrounded by family today. Having my son home and the whole family together is a gift, and for that I’m truly thankful.

If you celebrated, did you have a nice Thanksgiving?

Are you shopping on Black Friday?

Top photo by Preslie Hirsch on Unsplash