Happy Thanksgiving!

The turkey is now in the oven, for our fashionably late Thanksgiving dinner. I'm taking a quick break between pie and side dish prep. We're having a low-key family dinner at 6pm here, just the 3 of us. Jon's work has been crazy until a couple of days ago, so it's nice just to relax together. And we're having fabulous weather (mid 60's and sunny), so we're getting in lots of outside time too.

The first 2 pics are from a few days ago - Jack too busy playing with my cell phone to ham it up for the camera. He knows how to open the box and help himself to a cereal snack.

Thanksgiving morning - I thought maybe he would help me tear bread for stuffing, since he loves to shred toilet paper and paper towels.

He decided to eat the bread instead, preferably by cramming an entire slice into his mouth at once.

It was also convenient to eat right from the bowl.

Okay, I need to get back to the prep! We're having: roast turkey, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce with ginger and pear (new recipe), twice-baked potato casserole, souflled sweet potatoes (new recipe), creamed pearl onions (new recipe - I have always wanted to try this!), brussels sprouts (new recipe) and green salad with almonds and craisins. Dessert will be pumpkin pie (from one of our Halloween pumpkins), and chocolate pie.

I hope everyone else is having a great day of family, friends, and food too! (And football of course. We'll be cheering on the Aggies this evening. Whoop!)