The Chaos that was Thanksgiving

Days spent with family are always exciting in more ways than one. Preparing the holiday turkey, setting the table, figuring out where everyone will sit at a table for four and trying fitting eight chairs around it. This Thanksgiving we added my niece, Kim, and her son (my great-nephew) Caden, to the mix. As you know, my nephew, Aaron has Autism - Aspergers - and his worse nightmare happens at Thanksgiving when he sees his aunt's (that would be me) and his father's (that would be my brother) Thanksgiving plates.  Aaron has written a book called, Finding Kansas, which is interesting since I have a door mat that says, "you're not in Kansas anymore:":



His book featured on the right side of this blog has been picked up by Penguin Books and you can see information on it at this link: Finding Kansas. You can also pre-order the book at that link.

So, let's begin now with the back story - as they say in television.  The day started out early (especially if you go to bed late, "early" is relevant) with me getting this 20 pound turkey in the oven:

And the turkey in the oven at last,

And before you know it, turkey carved, everything out of the oven, let the feast begin:  

Brother, Jim

Nephew Aaron

Great Nephew, Caden, Jim, and Niece, Kim

Along with Phil, Larcy, and Oliver make it to the table,

OK, can't just do one of Oliver as we all know,

As you remember from the video, here is Aaron's plate in all of its organized glory,

WAIT - that could be Larcy's plate..... yes, can you see the two lime green plates interspersed with mother's china? And wouldn't you know, Larcy escaped without her photo being taken however she is in the video!... 

That was our Thursday and another thanksgiving meal in the bag - yes, the turkey was in the bag this year and very juicy, if I say so myself..... Friday, Aaron and I sent Jim, Caden, and Kim downtown DC while we chilled out here in the suburbs and had our Thanksgiving tradition of going to the Game Stop..... yes, every Thanksgiving, Aaron and I head over there.

So with our Saturday comes another tradition - a movie - we will be headed off to see Hugo, in 3-D and our Saturday is still young...... Dearest Brother has done is annual chores around the condo: put in a new faucet in the kitchen, fixed my downstairs toilet, and just finished fixing a sliding door upstairs. Life is good.  See you tomorrow,