Thanksgiving Festivities!!!

To say that I LOVE Thanksgiving would be an understatement - it is probably my favorite holiday of the whole year. It even beats out Christmas and my birthday, which is surprising because I love presents! It's also my mom's favorite holiday, which is why she offers to have everyone come to our house each year for a Thanksgiving feast. 

Most people might think that Thanksgiving festivities start on Thursday when everyone shows up for dinner. However, for me, Thanksgiving is just as much about the preparation as it is about the actual day. I start to get into the Thanksgiving mood on Tuesday night when my mom, sister, and I take out our Thanksgiving centerpieces and decorations for the dining room table and the smaller kids table. After this, the real fun begins: cooking and baking! 

What's Thanksgiving without a turkey?!

This is a delicious pumpkin pie I made all by myself with my mom's secret pie crust recipe!

I don't know how my mom does it, but somehow every year she is able to plan and execute a Thanksgiving feast for 20 + people flawlessly! She is a lawyer by day, but she was definitely born for the catering business! Her mother, my grandmother, actually had her own catering business before marrying and having children. Nana definitely passed on a lot of her knowledge to my mom and I hope to learn someday as well! 

"Adults" table

The pictures above and below are of the two tables we always have at Thanksgiving. Since Jacquelyn and I are the two oldest cousins, it is always a joke that every year we are always seated at the kids table. We jokingly complain about sitting there but, in reality, we love being able to sit with all of our cousins. This year, however, everyone was shocked when Jacquelyn and I were seated at the adult table because we were both finally 21 years old! All of our cousins thought it was so funny and kept calling us traitors! My cousin Casey even tweeted this at Jacquelyn and I:

"@SarahMeaghan812 @DayumJacqui who said graduating from the kids table was acceptable? #sad"

We were obviously missed by all of our cousins and while it was fun to finally be allowed at the adult table, I think next year we might decide to return to the kids table. We missed our cousins way too much!!

"Kids" table

One of my favorite parts of my house in Cape Cod is this fireplace!
My Dad had a fire roaring all Thanksgiving day keeping everyone nice and toasty inside!