Happy Thanksgiving! Thursday, November 23, 2017

Chase, Mama and Daddy had two Thanksgiving celebrations. The first was at cousin Caroline's house in Fairview Heights. Mama says cousin Caroline has a huge house and everybody fit in well. Daddy thinks there were about 25 people there. Unfortunately, Grandma Pat stayed home but Aunt Patty and Alexander went. Mama says there was a big table of desserts, all yummy and beautiful. Mama also said that cousin Caroline used paper plates and plastic silverware so there weren't a lot of dishes to wash. Evidently, that was a hint to Nanaw that they should do the same thing and save Mama from all the dishwashing. Chase's second Thanksgiving celebration was at Nanaw's. Nanaw bought her biggest turkey ever: 24 pounds. When she bought it, she had Mama put it in the fridge downstairs. Then Mama brought it upstairs the day before Thanksgiving for it to thaw out. Daddy put it in the oven for Nanaw, and Uncle Mike took it out. Nanaw probably won't get such a big turkey again. At Nanaw's celebration, there were ten people: Chase, Mama, Daddy, Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky, Nichole, Natalie, Jon Jon, Joe and Nanaw. Sidney Crosby liked having all the people there -- he's a social kitty.