Thanksgiving 2014

We had a wonderful, snowy Thanksgiving holiday. My sister and parents made the trip west, and Kimmy, James and I engaged in our usual Turkey Day food prep. After seven years of practice, we’ve got a much better flow and rhythm to the whole process. I’m in charge of dessert. Kimmy sausage stuffing. James, The Bird (and resulting gravy). My parents handled the cranberry sauce (fresh from a bog down the street from their house on The Cape) and sweet potatoes. And we tag teamed the mashed potatoes.

There was playing in the snow and watching of the Macy’s Day parade to entertain the kiddos. I do so like our intimate, low-key, delicious Thanksgiving ritual.

And then on Friday morning we held our 2nd Annual Pie Breakfast and filled the house with loved ones and children and a new 8 week old puppy. I delighted in the energy and goodwill bubbling in our little house. I have no pictures to show for it, save some snaps of the puppy. But it is a tradition that is here to stay.

We went to the movies as a family, and picked out a Christmas tree, and decked the halls, and mostly relaxed by the heat of the wood stove, enjoying one another’s company and feeling grateful for the simplicity and comfort of that.

Tomorrow, my parents and Kimmy make the trip back out for us all to watch Sunny in her inaugural production of “The Nutcracker.” To say that we’re all giddy with joy is the understatement of the holidays. I’m preparing for the waterworks as my little reindeer prances on stage. For now, images from last weekend…