Thanksgiving 2023
The fall holiday season is moving right along.
As much as I’d love to hit pause, it’s not going to happen, so let’s just jump right in.
As always, I tried to make Thanksgiving as low key as possible. I had bought some pies and a pumpkin roll from a fund raiser at the elementary school, and figured that would be good enough for Thanksgiving, and then was told that we NEEDED a pumpkin pie. Which is fine, I love pumpkin pies too, so the kids made one on the Wednesday they were out of school. Turns out F is really into baking and loved the whole process. And everyone loved the pie.
Usually our food making is pretty low key on Thanksgiving, since we usually have a small gathering of people who don’t care too much about what they’re eating. This year we ended up with a slightly bigger group of people, who were still easy going but maybe cared a little be more than I do. So we did the thing and made the food and it all came out lovely.
The children made a turkey cheeseball, we all watched the parade, and I made everyone take a group picture while wearing either matching pjs or silly hats. We colored a lot, and we played endless games of go fish. Sounds like a normal Thanksgiving to me?
I actually made the family play a game after dinner, too. Game is said loosely, since it was mostly pick a cup and hope you get a prize, but it was still a fun way to keep everyone engaged (including the littlest!) and together after the meal.
Overall it was a successful holiday, which is saying something when you have 3 little kids home for 5 days in a row!