Happy Thanksgiving!

The day before Thanksgiving Maile and Beck's preschool had performances and a lunch potluck. Each class had been learning about a different continent, so parents were asked to bring something for the potluck that was representative of their child's class continent. Maile's class was learning about North America, so I decided to make a green bean casserole. Only half of it got eaten. Hansel said he thought it was because it was hidden amongst all the dessert. I said that that was actually the North America table, which I guess everyone interpreted as dessert. The only other homemade items in the North America section were fruit salads. Not surprisingly, the largest section was the Asian food (the kids' school is a Chinese bilingual preschool).

Hansel and I both attended the event because the class performances were going to happen at the same time in each classroom. So I watched Beck, while Hansel watched Maile. Beck really likes singing and dancing. Even though he doesn't look like he's watching the teacher, he definitely follows along. Maile's class sang the Stevie Wonder song, "I Just Called to Say I Love You," and recited two Chinese poems. None of them have anything to do with Thanksgiving, but the kids wore pilgrim hats when they performed so that made up for it.



Since we had no plans for Thanksgiving and we were going to be home all day with the kids, I found a couple of art projects online that the kids to do - one was Thanksgiving-themed and the other was just a generic collage project. The set up and prep that I had to do for the projects took just as long as the projects, but they liked them and they weren't messy so it was worth it.

After a week and a half of my mom cooking all our dinners, I offered to make Thanksgiving dinner. Since there was only going to be five of us (the four of us and my mom), I didn't buy a turkey. Instead, I bought some Jennie-O turkey breast slices (I sound like a Biggest Loser product placement ad). The rest of the meal was rounded off with the rest of the green bean casserole I had made for the preschool potluck, home-made cranberry sauce, Stove Top stuffing, and home-made pumpkin chiffon pie. Maile helped make the pie. I think we were the only family in America, that did not end up with leftovers.