This weekend we celebrated our third annual Thanksgiving. This is our own special weekend every year when we spend time together in our city and around our home. Both of us really cherish this time and look forward to it every fall. This year was almost the same as the previous two, and that's the way we like it! Wednesday night, to kick off the long weekend, I cooked a pork tenderloin and we talked about our weekend plans.
Thursday morning I got up early to start baking the pies (pumpkin and apple, yum!) to bring to the Ums for dinner. It was a rainy day, so instead of strolling over to Charlestown, we had to drive with the pies. I sat in the back seat with my babies so that we didn't have another episode of a Thanksgiving dish ruined by gravity. Dinner at the Ums was perfect. The company was delightful (11 of us) and the food divine (no pun intended)... my favorite was the cornbread stuffing with chestnuts and bacon! I got the recipe.
Friday morning we got up early (again) for the third annual trip to Maine to chop down our Christmas tree. P and I like to kick off the holiday bright and early and get things festive around the house. This year the Ums joined us, and we hope they had as good a time as we always do. We weren't sure they were prepared, especially when PU showed up in dress pants, but everything turned out great. We took the hay ride, drank some hot chocolate (although it was warm outside), and after chopping down the tree (see above, for ours) we loaded it on the car and brought it home. We stopped in Kittery for some fish and chips at Bob's Clam Hut. The name says it all. Pure fried goodness. That night we had tickets for the Celtics game (second annual), so we put the tree in its stand and let it get used to living on Fulton Street before decorating it.
Saturday night after eating our beef stroganoff, we had our tree-decorating extravaganza. P and I always argue over who should put the lights on, since it's the least desirable job, and somehow I end up doing it. I put up all the ornaments from our childhood, and let P put up the one that he made when he was about four years old (it's priceless). Then we just sat and smiled at our tree and remembered what Christmas is all about. We prayed that we will remember Christ's birth every time we look at our tree.
4 comments:
skf, i love all of your traditions, and i especially love this one. this year, i wanted to put up the christmas tree after thanksgiving too, but alas, my procrastination has yet won over. hopefully, we won't wait until the week before xmas and leave it until valentine's day like usual. ;)
pu cracks me up. he wore dress pants to go chop down a tree after a rainy day? so funny. :) so glad that you had such a wonderful holiday weekend. you must post your tree on your blog all lit up~
Love your traditions... One of these years, we will partake. Maybe just to go up to maine and watch you and P cut the tree... especially since we have a fake one!
Similarly, we put up our tree the Saturday after thanksgiving. And as usual, Matt was into it more than I was!
I love this time of year and hearing about your traditions. thanks for sharing. how fun, thanksgiving with the Ums! : ) I want to see pics of the finished tree.
Sounds like you had a wonderful long holiday weekend, filled with your own family traditions. One of these days we will have a place big enough to have a tree! I think this year we might be able to have a table-top sized one, if we're lucky! Can't wait to see your tree all decorated :)
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