In the morning we made experimental sausage balls. We made a small batch, since the sausage was in clear plastic wrapping with a typed up label, so we weren't sure what exactly we were getting. They turned out great though, and no one got sick, so we'll make more for Christmas.
We took our sausage balls to the upstairs television (the one hooked into a computer) in order to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade off the internet. Vivian mostly cared about seeing the Pentatonix perform. The Elf on the Shelf balloon was right behind them, so after that she was done and went outside to play. Jeff, good husband that he is, stuck around to watch the parade with me. In return, I fast forwarded through most of the horrible musical acts, except for KISS. Neither one of us could look away from the train wreck of them lip syncing in over the top outfits.
After the parade, we went across the street to check on the turkey. Our neighbors hosted Thanksgiving and grilled the turkey. I had never had grilled turkey before, so I photographed it going in
and after it came out.
It tasted as good as it looked.
In true Thanksgiving fashion, everyone brought something, so we had lots of side dishes and desserts. Luckily, everyone lives close by, so we just zipped back and forth across the street with extra tables and chairs, and dishes covered in aluminum foil and held with hot mitts.
The final combination of three different tables looked lovely once it was all set.
All four families have girls about the same age, so they had a great time. They started off calmly making hand turkeys.
Vivian's artwork . . .
But the calm couldn't last for long, and soon they were running across the living room and jumping on bean bags. It ended with a pile up.
Luckily, it was time to eat before things got too out of hand. We got the kids food first and got them settled, and then all the parents could sit down and enjoy their meal too.
The babies hung out under the table with some rolls which they had fun shredding.
It's a good thing we did it on a Saturday, because we ended up staying quite late, and the whole family slept in the next morning until almost eight (a Goerss family record!). Even though we didn't have our family, friends, or weather from home, we managed to make it a fun, if belated, Thanksgiving.
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