Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Last week was Thanksgiving. Emily and I were a little bummed we were going to miss Thanksgiving, the parade and football at home with our family and friends, but we ended up having a great Thanksgiving.
Every teacher we saw on Thursday greeted us with “Happy Thanksgiving!” When we walked into the teachers’ room at lunch, it smelled just like home! One of the men who works at the school came in at 6 o’clock and cooked a turkey! They had turkey, ham, carrots, cauliflower, peas, masked potatoes and gravy. It was delicious. We all ate Thanksgiving together and talked about the traditions and our own traditions. Then, there was dessert! Most of the dessert was traditional Irish food. There was a trifle with cherries, chocolate, banana and mint custard, meringue with strawberries and loads of ice cream (which comes in squares) and fresh whipped cream. It was all so good. It was very hard to go back and teach after that delicious meal.
Both Emily and I taught our own classes about Thanksgiving. The teachers were very excited to have us do this since the kids see Thanksgiving in TV and movies. I told them about the history of the holiday, traditions and the food we eat. The girls had tons of questions, especially about the food. We then made a Thanksgiving bracelet and did some activity pages while watching last year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Later that night, Emily and I met up with my family who was visiting to have a second Thanksgiving. We found a couple places online that said they did Thanksgiving dinner. We went to a place called Old Stonehouse. They were playing the Detroit Lions football game. For dinner, they served turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes and vegetables. For dessert they served pumpkin pie with delicious homemade ice cream. Overall, it was a very good, delicious Thanksgiving!