mother always taught me, 'never eat singing food'.

our thanksgiving was pretty much an all-out food fest that turned into a 3-day slumber party with our friends mikey, jill, and marissa. and i loved every minute of it.
i have to say that this was honestly the BEST-tasting thanksgiving meal i have ever had. every.single.dish was really flavorful and delish. and the turkey! oh, the turkey...we cooked it upside-down and basted it in wine for four juicy hours. mmm...this four-year-old cat loved helping out in the kitchen.
we pretty much put bacon or a stick of butter (or both) in every single side dish.oh man, we had so many good desserts, too. the funny thing was that we were all SO stuffed from dinner, we barely even touched any of the sweet treats on thursday! here's a peek at jill's fab pumpkin bundt cake with buttermilk icing:since pants doesn't really like to cook, he spent lots of good time with the boys while the rest of us were whoopin' it up in the kitchen.
sharkey is in LOVE with jill. he kept trying to impress her with his orange-peeling skills.
marissa, jill, and the kids created the traditional 'blessing box' for us. (we originally stole this idea from mikey's family, and his mom insists we keep it up!) we all write what we are thankful for, then put the notes in the box and take turns reading them aloud. marissa made to-die-for pumpkin cinnamon rolls for breakfast on thursday. they were so yummy!
and sharkey and i whipped up some flaky apple turnovers (using leftover baked apples from thanksgiving dinner) and chocolate turnovers (using nutella) on friday morning.
we spent our evenings watching Christmas movies and playing games by the fire, we made pizzas on friday night, and pants and i even snuck in a quick date since we had some free babysitters around. hope your holiday was as happy as ours!