Gobble Gobble
Thanksgiving chez Madtown Mama:
Number of people staying in our house: 7 (the three of us, my two parents, one brother, and a friend who recently moved to Minnesota)
Size of our house: 900 sq ft
Number of objects broken by baby Daniel: 0
Number of objects broken by other people: 2 (my dad broke a bowl and my brother broke a mug)
Number of coffee spills on our living room rug: 2 (mom, Joe - who managed to combine spilling coffee and breaking a mug in one fell swoop)
(I'm thinking I should have gotten suction cup bowls and sippy cups for the whole family, not just little Daniel.)
Dinner: turkey roasted in beer sauce, cranberry salad, orange-coconut sweet rolls, roasted sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, vegetarian dressing, pumpkin pie, 3-buck Chuck (Daniel had his usual purréed carrots and peas with yogurt)
*Edited to add: There has been some discussion of 3-buck Chuck and Trader Joe's...for those who want to know more, click here.)
Number of roasting pans purchased at the last minute when the realization was made that the turkey breast was way bigger than any available baking dishes: one (thank goodness for Ace Hardware!)
Number of dollars spent at various grocery stores and co-ops in Madison: don't ask
Number of objects forgotten by overnight guests: relatively few - just a couple pairs of gloves, a glasses case, and two small cans of juice in the fridge
Number of loads of laundry done yesterday afternoon after everyone left: at least four
A good time was had by all!
Number of people staying in our house: 7 (the three of us, my two parents, one brother, and a friend who recently moved to Minnesota)
Size of our house: 900 sq ft
Number of objects broken by baby Daniel: 0
Number of objects broken by other people: 2 (my dad broke a bowl and my brother broke a mug)
Number of coffee spills on our living room rug: 2 (mom, Joe - who managed to combine spilling coffee and breaking a mug in one fell swoop)
(I'm thinking I should have gotten suction cup bowls and sippy cups for the whole family, not just little Daniel.)
Dinner: turkey roasted in beer sauce, cranberry salad, orange-coconut sweet rolls, roasted sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, vegetarian dressing, pumpkin pie, 3-buck Chuck (Daniel had his usual purréed carrots and peas with yogurt)
*Edited to add: There has been some discussion of 3-buck Chuck and Trader Joe's...for those who want to know more, click here.)
Number of roasting pans purchased at the last minute when the realization was made that the turkey breast was way bigger than any available baking dishes: one (thank goodness for Ace Hardware!)
Number of dollars spent at various grocery stores and co-ops in Madison: don't ask
Number of objects forgotten by overnight guests: relatively few - just a couple pairs of gloves, a glasses case, and two small cans of juice in the fridge
Number of loads of laundry done yesterday afternoon after everyone left: at least four
A good time was had by all!
Comments
pam, 3-buck chuck is pretty good. we like the cab sav, and the merlot is so-so. have yet to try any of the whites.
I'm sure there's a redneck out there named Chuck who killt 3 deer before he r-u-n-n-o-f-t but he sure wasn't at our house for Thanksgiving :)