beware.
this post is very long and has tons of photos!
this is my attempt to capture our holiday.
wednesday [prep]
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review food.com recipe for [day ahead] crock pot mashed potatoes... yum! |
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remove the pup, so all food items are safe in the kitchen! she looks so pitiful! |
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coffee... for the much needed jolt of energy |
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pulling all the needed spices and ingredients |
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helper #1 is ready! |
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helper #2..... getting a little nutty with the paprika |
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some salt and pepper |
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iron the burlap runner and crisp white napkins |
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shine the table....have you ever used orange pledge? try it! the smell is amazing. |
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set the table |
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dishes before round 2 of cooking.... the stuffing |
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inherited family cook book... the best turkey and stuffing recipe EVER!!! |
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don't you LOVE the hand drawn illustrations.... priceless! |
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LOTS and lots of stuffing... a family favorite and we must have left overs |
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set the littles table... sorry for the horrible photo. i think i took it around 10pm... bad light! |
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thursday [the big day]
wash, stuff, lace and season the birdie. then... bye bye, in the oven you go!
then you know what time it is!!! :)
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this is the kitchen before... there will be an after [yikes!] |
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time for gingerbread house decorating!!! |
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poppy and the littlest cousins watching on |
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the brothers played a hole of golf in the backyard... i think they had a monetary bet going. |
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turkey done... now i need to make gravy... grrr. notice there isn't a photo of that! it didn't go well, but i pulled it off in the end! |
time to sit down and EAT!! again... no photos. very busy eating for a whopping 10 minutes!
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after... ugh! |
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more after shots.... not sure where max got the tape that covers his spot at the table! |
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a little cousin cuddling! kylie, reilly and cooper. |
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reilly giving her cousin kylie a little thanksgiving dinner! |
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exhausted kylie... i think we all wanted a post thanksgiving nap! |
we had a GREAT day.
i hope your thanksgiving was wonderful too!
xoxo -erin
love that last picture of the sweet baby sleeping! Did you make the burlap runner?? Tell me how. Thanks!;) thecoolkidsblog.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Your table looked amazing. The kids' table was so cute.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day and as for crock pot mash potatoes - does it get any better?
ReplyDeleteThe burlap runner caught my eye on your last post. Love it.
-Rene
Love it!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty table! And the kids place settings are so clever. I think I'd want that at my seat too! And your blog is mighty cute, by the way.
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