My one objective for my Thanksgiving trio was achieved: listening to Alice's Restaurant and watching Pangs and WKRP's Turkeys Away episodes. This happened, so all is well in Laura's world.
There was a notable lack of Alice's Restaurant in our Thanksgiving, which was something JZ and I always made time for but I've failed to pass that on to my kids.
Very successful Thanksgiving with much laughter (the champagne helped in that regard). As we went around the table to give thanks, I started and got as far as "I'm very grateful for..." when EM leaned sideways (very unselfconsciously) and ripped a fart. Sabotage!
Also, we've had to institute a new tradition of giving thanks after the meal and before dessert because somebody (EM) went on a lengthy ramble of a toast that meandered for 25+ minutes (very sweetly being grateful for Matilda's presence in her life) such that everything on the table got cold. This caused Matilda's friend Mia (who is very funny in a blunt way) to bark out "I want gravy!" halfway through.
Food was good all the way around, though. And I reheated the gravy to salvage our plates.
-t will be happy to know I had two slices of pie (apple, pumpkin) for breakfast.