Category: Holidays

The turkey looks huge for just the 2 of us, and it was. We have lots of leftover turkey for the freezer for future use. We realized today that we forgot the cranberry sauce, so Munchkin decided to have some today. We had a good day even though we were missing a very important person. We thank God that he was able to enjoy a good meal even though he wasn’t here.

I decided to get a head start on the Thanksgiving meal. I boiled the potatoes for the mashed potatoes. When I started to mash them, Munchkin declared, “That looks like fun! I want to do it!” So, she mashed the potatoes. While she mashed, I got to work on our gluten-free pie crust. Now, I’ve never made a pie crust (usually make the filling with Libby’s pie filling and buy pie crust). This was a new experience on 2 accounts: first pie crust and first gluten-free pie. Once the pie crust was ready, Munchkin decided that she wanted to roll…

Last night, we headed over to the Botanical Gardens for their members only sneak preview of the Garden of Lights display. As we drove up to the gardens, we were greeted by thousands of beautiful Christmas lights twinkling in the still, cool night. They asked us to tune our radio to the Christmas music playing on their set station. We began to drive through the tunnel of lights looking at the different displays. After a couple of minutes, we pull up to the snack station. We are given our choice of hot chocolate or coffee and donuts. A few feet…