We were all set to head North to visit Shep's mom for Thanksgiving, but thanks to a foot of snow and power outages up there, we had to change plans last minute. I couldn't let Emily's first Thanksgiving get cancelled by a little snow though! She was already wearing her pre-dinner outfit and practicing her sprinker dance moves!
So, I put on my boots, went to the grocery store at 11am, and grabbed whatever I thought I could cook in order to cobble together an edible meal. Considering I once forget to drain the water out before adding cheese when making mac & cheese many years ago, this isn't as easy as it might sound to you Julia Child types... In fact, Shep was verrrrrry, shall we say, skeptical. Heck, I was even skeptical! But I didn't let it show. I walked in the door, proudly announcing that dinner would be served before 4pm, and quickly got to work. Shep was on Daddy duty while I was on kitchen duty. Just me and my little 3 pound butterball. Nope, that's not a typo....
Luckily, I'd bought a roasting pan on sale last month, which I didn't know would come in handy so soon! This picture shows you just how tiny our turkey for two actually was:
But, I'm proud to say it all worked out! We ate a proper Thanksgiving meal after all!
We even whipped out our formal wedding china and set the table!!! We're so fancy. ;)
And Emily sat right alongside us in her big girl high chair...
When she finished those, she looked around for more.
She was still hungry, so she ate her washcloth! {I was going to lie and pretend that she was wiping her mouth like a lady but I figured nobody would believe that one anyway...}
From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
