Finally the actual holiday Monday rolled around and (of course) M worked it, while the rest of us decided to stay home and make a big Thanksgiving dinner and play with our "stuff" - which seems to include tearing all the linens off the bed and making beds around the house - or forts - or rafts, etc.
The afternoon was a bit more structured with the living room transforming into a tea salon (is peppermint tea a diuretic?), some ball hockey with the neighbours, homework and a little bit of screen time.
Mr Earn the Tofu got home on time and Thanksgiving dinner was spread across our table: nut and mushroom roast, cranberry sauce, roasted spuds, roasted squash, roasted green beans & pine nuts in balsamic glaze, roasted elephant garlic, pumpkin pie and all washed down with a glass of red wine (or some such delicious beverage). We spared the turkey, you see.
We started what I hope will be a new tradition of turning off the lights and by candlelight articulating all for which we are grateful. I figure the flame helped us all concentrate.
That other photo is a reminder of how grateful we are to friends and neighbours. Bella the blue donkey (a gift from a long-unseen friend we made in Ghana) and the balance bike (borrowed from newly 4 neighbour, Bruno) were much loved this weekend.
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