I think the theme of this long Thanksgiving weekend might be "Meals". We had almost every meal together, which was wonderful! John's mom outdid herself, with the Thanksgiving day meals, the lunches on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and all the dinners. Plus a breakfast of pecan waffles, pancakes, sausage, bacon. One lunch we were treated to home made vegetable soup by Vera Mae and sandwich fixings provided by Stephen and Carolyn. Of course, everyone brought dishes so there was plenty to eat!!! The guys got lots of outdoor work done. There were several trees which needed to come down. My yard looks a bit messy now with two cherry trees spread across the grass. :-)
My only contributions to the meals were the two batches of homemade rolls, the two pecan pies, and the pumpkin cupcakes. I made one breakfast, using a favorite recipe for Oven French Toast. It makes a very custard like casserole and looked nice with my homegrown raspberries sprinkled in. And of course there was kiwi and raspberries for JT. He really likes pineapple/orange juice, too.
JT seemed to have a very good time. He is really social so playing with Nathan was a treat. There was lots of train time. And the time John J put in on the electric train board seemed appreciated. :-)
My favorite comments were from JT: Sigh. "It's a good day to be home." "I love you Grandpa."
I regret not getting much of any shopping done over the weekend. Sigh. Maybe there are bargains to come. And, of course, we very much missed the kids who couldn't come.
