Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

Happy black Friday, everyone! I write this post from the comfort of my own living room, ridiculously happy to report that none of the Lord-Ward clan are out shopping today! Good luck to all of you who are...

We had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday yesterday. We started off watching the Macy's parade, which the girls both liked. Resli especially got into the cheerleaders, dancing along with them. (I hope this doesn't mean we have to start taking her to cheerleading lessons... ugh.)

We decided to try a fried turkey this year. Our kitchen is so small though that our poor turkeys had to take their pre-fry bath in the bath tub...

This is the fryer, with the turkey cooking away in it. 

And here's the finished product. It's hard to look elegant with a big metal hook sticking out of you, but it was delicious! (We dressed him up a little more for the final presentation, of course.)

While the menfolk were out doing that, the girls and I set our table. And a kids' table too.

And then it was just a question of waiting for everyone to arrive and all the food to cook.

And then a merry feast was enjoyed by all. 

Like most holidays in our house (ok, most days), the afternoon involved dressing up and dancing.

 

And the most exciting part for the girls is that they weren't allowed to think, sing, talk or imagine anything Christmas-related until after Thanksgiving. So we're currently listening to Christmas songs. . . A bit early for me, but we're listening right now to Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," my all time favorite, so it seems ok for now.