Thanksgiving 2013

Mollie was in a program at CDS school. The kindergarten and the fifth grade did a program together. They sang many songs. Very cute. Mollie is in the second row left on the end.

Stuart loves to wear his hat.


Front row, second from left. The classroom.


The K kids army. Mollie has a pink gun.


Nathan had a group project on Noah's ark. He read an explanation of his project. I am so proud of him, as reading is hard for him.

Nathan








Thanksgiving
I always cut the fat, skin off the turkey. Fry it into the Jewish word, sehmultz . Then it goes into the bread stuffing. Not healthy but only done one time a year.



This is the " gribbinies". The fried turkey skin. My grandmother would salt and pepper it and eat until sick. I once ate too much and got sick.


Not cooked onions, celery, fat ready to cook.


Cooked.


The turkey was from Pound's turkey farm in Freeport, PA. Weight was 25.50
$2.79 per pound. Over seventy dollars. I use the pot that my father bought for my mother years ago. It is blue, heavy and only used one time a year. It could be 60-70 years old. I always tie up the turkey with string. This holds it together. And if all goes well, can be lifted out of the pot.


Cook it at 400 degrees for 45 minutes to crisp the skin. Then turn the over temperature down to 350 degrees until done.


Jack and Joyce are the turkey carvers. They also taste test the turkey while they are carving. I always cook it with beer or wine. Whatever is leftover in the house. The stuffing was made with Pino Grizio wine . I put beer in the bottom of the pan for the gravey. One whole garlic. Salt, pepper, oregano, basil , bay leaf.


Paul and Tim


Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, roasted vegetables, challah, cranberry sauce , cranberry jello


Ellen was in charge of the appitizers. Cheese and crackers, vegetable tray, cream cheese with a pepper jam sauce on it, hot salami I cooked in bareque sauce.


Jack , Ruth, Nathan, Emma, Mollie, Sadie, Abe.


It was thangsgivikah . Chanukah and turkey day all at once. It will not happen for 70,000 more years. So we celebrated both holidays.
Opening gifts.


Anna W. 12 years.


Lighting the candles. Laura and Stuart are in charge of this.

Sadie the a biter of nails. I was also.


All the GKids lined up eating dessert. There was pumpkin and apple pie. Carmel custard, fruit. But the kids all took the chocolate cake that Ellen bought at Wegman's .



Joyce and baby Eva. She is four months now and is stopping all the crying.


The next night we had a Chanukah party. We had friends of laura and their parents. Also nancy, Joel and Elizabeth W.
Dinner. Salmon, brisket, potato pancakes, leftover sweet potato, and turkey, and a large salad.


Watching the candles being lit.


Candle lighting for both holidays.


Dessert. Brownies, chocolate coffee cake, melon


Julian, Mateo, Nicolas Rovera, Abe, Nathan Mollie


Saturday we had a Mollie sleep over. First we went to visit the Bernsteins. They had 20 month VIVI visiting.



I brought Dansk silver wear and she had the best time feeding a stuffed animal.





Then we went to visit the Sills. They had their nine month old twins Liam, and Scarlett visiting. Daddy Mitch and Liam





Mollie and Liam.


Julie and Scarlett





Mollie all dressed up in glitter boots and skirt. She is a girly girl. Loves to dress up in fancy clothes. She recently asked me why I never wear dresses, skirts. Well in winter I like to be warm. And I do not like the shape of my legs.


Making rainbow loop bracelets. It is big craze this year. Every little kids has one and every good grandparent is wearing one.


Emma and Sadie playing with the Tomas trains.


Elizabeth, Joyce and Eva sleeping on a leg.


Mollie all dressed up.



We got home after all the visits. Mollie went to the bedroom to unpack and I was making the dinner. She ran down the steps too quickly and fell. It appeared that she hurt her right foot. We ate dinner with ice on the foot. It still hurt and looked funny. So, off to Children's Hospital ER. Two hours later it was only sprained and we said good bye to Laura and went home to continue the sleepover. We got to bed at 11:30 and were so tired that we all slept until 9:00. Mollie is so much fun. The entire time at the hospital she was laughing and having the best time.


Monday AM at 6:15 we were in the car and driving back to HHI for three more weeks .