Quesada Family: Thanksgiving 2012

I made some Turkey cake pops for fun. Domenic had fun running around the house holding one, but didn't eat much of it.

I couldn't figure out what was going on with the turkey pops I had on the counter. I would come down in the morning and they were missing their "feathers." The lightbulb turned on when Roman asked for a cake pop and then I watched him eat it. He just ate off the candy on the outside. He doesn't care for chocolate that much, so once I thought about it, it wasn't that surprising. Since he gets up in the middle of the night and goes downstairs to play, the mystery was solved!

The culprit himself.

We had Thanksgiving at my parents' house as usual. Below is the dessert table. I have to say all the desserts were delicious, but the pumpkin cheesecake was particularly showstopping.

My mom spent a lot of time setting up a beautiful table / decorations. But this year Thanksgiving felt a little lacking somehow. On the way home Antonio commented that it didn't feel like Thanksgiving, but rather a normal Sunday dinner. After some thought, we came to the conclusion that we didn't stay long enough. To create that "Thanksgiving" feeling you have to linger, spend all day visiting with family, pick at the leftovers all day, etc... We were all just too efficient this year, with everyone cleaning up and leaving by 5:30PM. It was a good lesson for next year: we will be sure to linger a lot longer!

Roman enjoying the hors d'oeuvre table!

I think Domenic thought we wouldn't see him sneaking around if he was on the floor crawling.

All the boys in the den watching a movie.

Dad getting ready to carve the turkey. Mom made two turkeys. The woman in the foreground is a friend, Cecilia Redmond who my parents invited along with her son Chris.