Happy Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving meal with our friends Chris and Jodi and Suzy. The turkey and everything else turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. :) I did not even attempt to make my mom's corn bread dressing! I figured we would have it a few short weeks so I have bypassed it yet another year. I do want to learn how to make it so I can pass the tradition on to my kids. Malcolm really wanted an apple pie because he had a piece of our friend Robin's on Canadian Thanksgiving and loved it! The one I made for yesterday was horrible! I am really not a pie maker and I just kind of mad this one up and it really was not good so I owe my hubby a good apple pie. He does not ask for much so I think I should try and oblige. :) I think if I put a little more effort into it I can make a good one. We had a really nice day and I am always so glad I put the effort into celebrating up here on our own because I find that If I don't I get really homesick and sad.

I kept Madalyn home from school yesterday and we had a lazy morning watching the Macy's Thanksgiving parade and then somehow the dog show. Surprisingly, Malcolm did not give me a hard time about that at all. ;) (oh, yes he did!) I really should have changed the channel because there is nothing like the sound of a football game on while preparing the meal that brings back so many Thanksgiving memories to me growing up. Madalyn loved all of the dances that they showed during the parade and would join along with them as evidenced in the video below. Please excuse my little mishap in the beginning! (Something else that my funny hubby does not give me a hard time about. :) It is his way of flirting so I secretly like it!) I have been calling her my future Rockette. :)

Hope you all had a very blessed day! I have more pictures I need to post so hopefully I will get that done soon. I don't know though. I have a cookie exchange this weekend and I don't think the planner realized that people have to bring 12 dozen cookies if you invite 12 people! I have lots of cookies to go and make now! :)

We did pull Connor up to the table after this. Poor Boy! He loved the turkey.

My future Rockette