This year was the first time in a looong time we didn't host or cook the bird. It was nice to just chill and relax!
My ILs hosted and we brought over Brussel sprouts, Pecan pumpkin bars which were awesome and stuffed mushrooms for apps. It was just a small group but so nice and relaxing.
How was your thanksgiving?
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
A lot of fun! First thanksgiving in our new home and I got to use my double oven 
I'm soooo stuffed and have a lot more leftovers than I expected! Happy!
pomegranate / 3595 posts
We hosted and it went pretty well! LO did well with my family from out of town, the food was good and I am stuffed! But our guests (my family) were kind of quiet and spent more time on their phones than actually talking to us. 
I am not sure if this is normal for everyone (I like my phone but don't feel the need to be connected every second) but it felt kind of rude?
apricot / 375 posts
Lots of fun! Except when we all walked away from the dessert table with a candle going and the candle caught the runner on fire... DH gets up from our board game and goes to the table (I assumed for a cookie) until he said, very calmly, "We have a fire. I need some water quickly." Fortunately it was all under control quickly and no one and nothing (besides my runner), but not a very fun moment!
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
Pretty good! Told our families that we are having a baby, so that was really exciting.
apricot / 375 posts
@MamaCate: I feel like on holidays, during dinner especially, phones should be put away. But that's just me.
Oh, and I LOVE my phone!
pomegranate / 3595 posts
@mrs scrapbook: phones were away during dinner but everyone was at the house most of the day and I just felt like more time was spent on phones than socializing--these are people I see 1-3x a year.
pomegranate / 3643 posts
@mrs scrapbook: haha, oh no!
Ours was pretty good. Except my ILs eat late (6:30!) which I HATE. I always make pie and then they complain they are too full to eat it. It's ten at night and I still haven't had pie.
Also I am sitting outside the room my son is in because he is having a tough time falling asleep. Not to comfort him (we have already redone bedtime twice), but to keep my ILs from going in to put him to sleep (aka wind him back up) and so I don't have to go down there and listen to them talk about how sad it is he is crying. I mean, yes, I hate to hear it. But he is just having a tough time falling asleep. We've all been there!
grapefruit / 4997 posts
@chopsuey: Congratulations on your new home. Oh how special to host the first Thanksgiving in your new house!
grapefruit / 4997 posts
It was perfect! We were on the road last year but stayed local this year and loved it. We ate at my in law's and I brought dessert.
pomegranate / 3980 posts
Absolutely crazy but good! I managed to cook dinner in between feeding the baby so I am kinda proud of myself 
pomelo / 5093 posts
It was not great. The dinner was fine and everyone loved my turkey, but my daughter was really struggling. She had just drastically too little sleep last night, and she just could not manage to behave. I understood, but I was still mortified. When people left, she ran around saying 'I'm SOOOOO happy to be alone!'. Also, my father in law snapped at her, and then I told him to stay out of it, and it was not good.
honeydew / 7622 posts
Great. We are with my parents in San Fransisco from Portland visited my sister and her family. My nephews are 1 and 5 and we are having so much fun. I feel like soaking up time with them makes M & I even more excited for March. Plus I did barely any cooking, mostly relaxing 
honeydew / 7504 posts
So fun! We hosted, and I made my first turkey ever and it was delicious (if I can toot my own horn a bit!). My dad, sister, BIL, and nephew came over. My nephew is just 3 months younger than D, and they had a ton of fun running around together. It was great to hear them laughing and running and playing together. The meal was great. What a special day!
grapefruit / 4085 posts
Pretty good. We went to my husbands grandparents and there were A LOT of people. It's a bit overwhelming for me but M
Had fun running around with some cousins. We were home by 7 to relax!
pomegranate / 3503 posts
It was very nice. We didn't overdo it with the dinner menu so while we do have leftovers, the food wasn't too overwhelming like other years. The kids were playing with their cousins all day - i hardly saw them until it was time to eat. It was a great day with family.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
Really nice! I cooked everything and I didn't get as much done on Wednesday as I had planned, but Thursday cooking went off without a hitch and I even had time to change and relax before everyone came over. And LO was happy and had fun even though she barely had a nap and because she was exhausted she slept until 9:30 this morning!
GOLD / grapefruit / 4555 posts
A little crazy! We started early with my mother-in-law's family on Wednesday night, then an early lunch at the ILs house day of, only to rush back home and start making our own supper! It was one too many for me but we saw family we rarely saw and the kids got to play with lots of cousins so it was worth it I only wish R had slept yesterday. It would have made the day a LOT easier. Silly toddler, naps are AMAZING!
pomelo / 5678 posts
Mine was horrible. I read grief was worst around the holidays but I had no idea.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
SO much better than last year. Last year she was only 3 months old and was really overwhelmed with everyone wanting to hold her and being all up in her face. She also required more naps so it was difficult to plan those around everyone else's schedule. This year she was in a great mood and once she warmed up was super social and smiley. Not a single meltdown or tantrum!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
It was great! Once we got over to my aunts. She had a blast playing with all her cousins. She was a trooper and did great staying up later then normal. Good food, wine, and family fun all around.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
It was nice & low key! I think the past 2 years we had a joint family one between me & DH's families. This year we just went to my parents.
honeydew / 7667 posts
Meh. I'm sick (some hacking cold thing) and in the first trimester so I've had better thanksgivings. And now I'm sitting at home working. Blech.
watermelon / 14467 posts
It was crazy. It took the bird 11 hours to cook, my MIL's oven caught fire because the roasting pan got a hole in it and was dripping turkey juice (everyone is fine, including the oven), and every time we needed to open the oven, the smoke detector went off. That was the best bird I'd ever had though.
pomegranate / 3231 posts
We hosted for the first time. It was 12 adults, a 10yo and our baby. My husband did most of the cooking but I pitched in along with my mom's cousin and my mom. My parents and cousins came early to help with the baby.
We had a great four-course menu and elevated the standard fare a bit. Apps were a cheese plate and chickpea, rosemary and garlic crostini. First course was mushroom bisque. Second course was homemade acorn squash ravioli with brown butter, sage, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese. Main course was spinach- and prosciutto-stuffed turkey breast with sides of oven-roasted root vegetables, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce and cornbread. And then we had four pies, cookies and chocolates for dessert.
It was exhausting though!
grapefruit / 4712 posts
Our Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing for the most part. The only kind of stressful thing was my one cousin that came has strep throat, he was on medicine and supposedly not contiguous any longer. Hope it's true, we are hosting my in laws this weekend. Which I am super excited for but now I am paranoid that my boys are going to spread the grossness. On the other hand my cousin didn't really interact with my boys and he was great about washing his hands.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
@sarac: oh no! How old is your LO?
@avivoca: lol, slooow roasted turkey makes the best turkey!
@ElbieKay: your menu sounds divine
We had a good time. Some of my new dishes fell flat, but hey everyone loved the dessert plate.
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