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[ocelot]

Ah, the joys of having a two year old. Leif took a long, late nap and refused to eat dinner. Then he woke up and fed his mashed potatoes to his stuffed kitty. He still hasn't actuallly eaten anything himself.

We cooked a big Thanksgiving dinner, despite being only the three of us. We intend to eat off of it for the next month or so. A medium sized turkey, quinoa stuffing, 4 lbs of mashed potatoes, gravy, greens, salad that we never ended up eating, silkensteel's cranberry sauce, a pumpkin pie, an apple pie, and 2.5 dozen coconut chocolate chip cookies that were baked at the same time pretty much as coincidence.

Yes, we have leftovers.

I burned my hand today. This is pretty much a Thanksgiving rite of passage, except that it didn't actually happen during anything Thanksgiving-related. koyote was serving up beans and rice for breakfast, and some got on my hand.

It's ok now, though. A little red and stiff, but not really painful anymore, and no worse than first degree.

I discovered that I like pumpkin pie batter much better than actual pumpkin pie. It tastes like eggnog. I hoped maybe this recipe would taste similar once it was baked, but it tasted like plain ordinary pumpkin pie, which is good, but not my favorite.

Leif gobbled it, though. Not surprising, since he wasn't into dinner.

This sounds way too whiny for a Thanksgiving post. I don't mean it that way. It was the first time that I can remember that I've had a Thanksgiving dinner without tons of extended family around, and it was nice.

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[dempcat.livejournal.com]

heee, he fed them to his stuffed kitty ^^

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

He said "Ma, eat!" I looked up and saw him shoving the cat's face into the bowl. His other stuffed cat has suspicious crusties on its face, too.

[silkensteel.livejournal.com]

I am thankful to have youall as friends. :)

[koyote.livejournal.com]

Dude, that was the BEST PIE EVER.

SInc eit isn't your favorite, I can understand not mentioning that part, but I dind't even miss the whipped crema.
totally AWESOME.

and it is fun to start a family tradition and hoave our OWN thanksgiving, we've never really managed that, and it is important.

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[hideousallusion.livejournal.com]

Thxsgvng at Rupp house was lovely, many people (esp julie and monet; mom and marc as well of course) expressed their regret that you were unable to attend. Myself most of all.

I burned myself as well, attempting to remove a rack from an oven that i did not realize was hot. First degree all the way.

You must teach me the secrets of quinoa- I've bought a package but have no ideas on preperation.

Christmas will be the best, I am anxiously awaiting.