Thanksgiving Dinner

We celebrated our first American Thanksgiving, and we enjoyed it so much. Essentially, it was a day off with dinner at a friends house. The dinner menu has a few traditional set pieces, the obvious being turkey. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, roast sweet potato, cranberry sauce and biscuits (our scones, but not with jam and cream, as a savory accompaniment, instead of buns). We also had asparagus, green salad, stuffing (both with sausage and without sausage) and cranberry bread (this is so yummy) and thai style mango and sticky rice care of another guest. For dessert - PIES!!! This deserves the capital, because there was not one pie but many - Pecan, pumpkin, Kentucky derby, apple and berry pies. I liked the pecan the best. I'm sure I've left out some food, but needless to say, no one was hungry.
Our sons loved it, because there was a collection of Thomas set up in another room and 3 other little boys to play with. (yes, five little boys in total, ages 5, 5, 3, 2.7, and 2.4!). Between courses we went and looked at some Christmas lights nearby - this person has set up so many, they create their own localized glow...
And the nicest thing was, amazing food, and a chance at conversation with adults. An excuse to not stress over what the boys are or aren't eating, and let them run pretty much as they pleased, and the warm glow of having done some much needed bathroom cleaning in the morning.