Last year for Thanksgiving a bunch of us went to a hostel on the lake. We had a wonderful meal and shared it with a load of ex-pats. This year, as our original plans to get together with some other volunteers fell through Nic and I decided to just stay home and lay low. However, it is impossible for me to 'lay low' and not cook. So a complete Thanksgiving meal I made, substituting turkey for chicken however. We had herb-stuffed chicken, pecan, bacon and cranberry cornbread stuffing, garlic mashed potatoes, challah knots, buttered brussel sprouts, gravy and cranberry sauce. Mmm, makes me want it all over again! Oh, apple pie and pumpkin pie made from a local squash.
Hendrick has been obsessed with X-Men lately and that morning, while I was cooking, he arrived with these: plastic forks duct taped around his hands; his own creation, just like the X-Men. What a kid.
Chatting with the family and taking a quick break; the calm before the storm.
Nic and chicken.
Ela, Benancio and the kids joined us. Ela and I are relaxing after stuffing ourselves.
Here's what you get when you give Hendrick the camera.
And here's what you get when Hendrick accidentally drops the camera (the camera made it without injury and Hendrick bounced back immediately when offered apple pie).
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