• Thanksgiving: The Meal

    Even though I so do not enjoy cooking, I managed to pull together a roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, Grandma Edna Cranberries, rosemary bread, and the infamous Mason/Dietrich traditional raspberry rice pudding.  I cooked all this while avoiding a toddler who spent the morning grabbing things off counters that…

  • Thanksgiving Birthday: Mr. SP is Seven

    Mr. SP was very skeptical about sharing a birthday with the Thanksgiving holiday, but in the end, it worked out fine to share his special day with our low-key Thanksgiving celebration.  The morning started out with his sisters jumping into bed with him and goofing around, and then bit by…