What a full month November has been! Amidst all the hustle and bustle, it was so nice to spend a day with family. This year was the Peine Thanksgiving year so we headed down to Clermont for the day.
Charlotte was up and ready for her first Thanksgiving.
Tim and MIchelle hosted and Janice cooked the turkey. The sides were divided up among us so we just had to bring green bean casserole, Publix pumpkin pie, hot spiced cider, and cranberry bread.
We read Cranberry Thanksgiving this week as a part of school and at the end of the book there was the recipe for cranberry bread so Rosemary, Benjamin, and I made a couple of loaves. Despite how tart the cranberries themselves were, the bread turned out very good.
Rosemary loves to play dress up with her cousins.
It was gorgeous in Clermont that day so the kids…and dads too…enjoyed some time outside before it was time to eat.
Olivia set the table.
Lots of crock pots going
Both Rosemary and Ben enjoyed horse-y rides from Matthew.
Matthew snapped a few shots of everyone
I think my kids ate all of the olives and I’m pretty sure Ben at all but a few of the tomatoes.
Hanging out before the meal starts
These rolls are SO good. I look forward to them every Peine Thanksgiving. Those and the peanut butter pie are my favorite parts of the meal.
Ben looked through the snake book…after Matthew brought a snake INTO the house! It was little, but it was still a snake so I’m pretty sure my blood pressure rose a bit.
Charlotte’s first Thanksgiving meal consisted of potato rolls and some green bean casserole.
In true Peine form, when a discussion came up regarding whether midnight was 12:00am and noon was 12:00pm, Tim and Matthew pulled out reference books from the bookshelves behind them. And we learned that Jonathan was right, midnight and noon are neither am nor pm. (Check out this article on the Confusion at noon and midnight if you like).
After lunch, Tim, Jonathan, Zach, Matthew, and Olivia headed out in the canoe. While they were out the other kids played outside so Michelle and I played some Scrabble. Once everyone was back we played some Bananagrams.
Little Charlotte was so proud of herself for climbing into the lego basket.
At the end of the evening, the kids enjoyed watching Nim’s Island.
To wrap up the day, Joshua and Rosemary had some dinner. For Rosemary that consisted of only mashed potatoes and gravy.
We drove home that night and got the kids tucked in bed. What a full, wonderful day!
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