Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that you are enjoying time with your loved ones. Our holidays have changed a bit since I got married. Time has to be split 3 ways to be celebrated with my parents, and my husband’s Mom and Step-dad, and his Dad and Step-Mom. We have 3 different Thanksgiving dinners, spread out over a few days. We aren’t the Gilmore Girls after all (trying to fit in 4 dinners in one day)!
Growing up Thanksgiving took place at our house, with grandparents coming to dinner, and my aunt and uncle from Seattle usually came too. My aunt Nancy is quiet a good cook, and most of the excitement came while the cooking was going on. We always had traditional pumpkin pie, and then an additional new pie to try out. One year we even made Australian pavlova! I always made the mashed potatoes. For as long I can remember, I made the potatoes. Peeled them, mashed them, and made sure they were lump free.
Then one year my aunt and uncle brought a puzzle and a new tradition was born. The Thanksgiving puzzle is always so much fun, and this year we made a new twist on the tradition by building Hogwarts. Lego Hogwarts that is!
I’m sure that if my hubby had the day off the next morning, we would have stayed and worked on it all night, which seems to always be the case when a puzzle is out. As it was, we (my hubby and I) were able to get about half of the castle done, and we were all so impressed at how detailed it was! There is even Sirius Black in the fireplace! If you love Harry Potter, you really should get the Hogwarts Castle
Now that I am all grown up and married, I still make the mashed potatoes, but I also make the pumpkin pie, and the yams for my family holiday dinner. For dinner with my husband’s family I never seem to make the same thing twice, so sometimes I get to try out new recipes, while today I made rolls.
Since I don’t really like turkey, for me Thanksgiving is all about the rolls!! And the desserts! What about you? What is your favorite food at Thanksgiving?
Have a safe, and thankful holiday!
I love the idea of doing a puzzle! The Harry Potter legos thing is so cool. I feel the urge to order it right now and just nerdily work on it by myself.
It is seriously awesome. More details and fun that I ever imagined it would be actually. If you love the series, it’s worth it. Plus, it’s just plain fun to build.