A Lot of Thanks

It was a low-key and quite awesome Thanksgiving. We did absolutely nothing and barely left the house. Just cooked and ate and napped and watched TV all day.

Dae saw this and took the photo this morning. It was a 65 degree Thanksgiving Day!

The boys were actually very helpful in peeling apples for me for the apple pie. They peeled 8 out of the 12 apples I needed. And then our peeler broke :(

Apple filling. My Orange Theory instructor had her hair like this (double buns) and I was fascinated by it so decided to try it. :)

I've been asking all 3 family members to play chess with me. I am addicted. I have never beat Dae (grrr!) but I have been practicing quite a bit and I am getting better and better, if I do say so myself. haha. The kids are in chess club, which piqued my interest, and then the Delta flight last week had Chess and I was bored so I kept playing over and over. Now I can't stop! I am even playing one of the chess moms online (and winning....ha!)

One of my best sourdoughs yet. Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

First apple pie! It turned out way better than I expected. But I realized I'm really more of a cherry pie person, so that's next on my line-up.

Dinner was nice. Sometimes my cooking can be a little spotty, but today everything was as good as I have ever cooked it.  I did boxed stuffing (my favorite) and gravy from a packet. and they were both delicious. ha! The rest I homemade: the turkey, mashed potatoes, brussels, cranberry, sourdough, apple pie, whipped cream.

Somebody (Leelee) is extremely excited about early Christmas at puop's house.

I saw their two little luggages lined up on the staircase and laughed. These two luggages are nicer than any piece of luggage I have ever had, except my current suitcase which was purchased as a very nice gift of course from Dae - who else. He appreciates fine quality!

Olin making scrambled eggs, start to finish. Christian can do the entire thing with no supervision, which is great. Olin needed a little bit of help the first time figuring out how to turn the stove on, but he can do it all, beginning with beating the eggs, cheese, and milk together, putting oil on the pan, waiting for it to heat up, pouring egg mixture in, using spatula, turning off stove. Turning off the stove being the most important part of the entire process, as I told the kids!