I have said it before; one of the traditions we eagerly adopted when we moved here is the celebration of Thanksgiving. There are no expectations of gifts or talking about God’s rebirth or an old man who prefers traveling the world to please kids rather than playing golf in Florida. To top it off, as we are not from here we have no family stuffing recipes that NEED (to be said with an angsty voice) to be served even though everyone knows it is way too dry, no fight about ‘my mom’s pie is better than yours’ shenanigans.
At our thanksgiving, we just splurge senseless with food, booze and some more food. And knowing that the whole nation is doing exactly the same thing also frees us from any sense of guilt. It feels like casual sex. Or more precisely casual orgy sex. In a 1969 Woodstock festival like setting. Wazaaaa.
This year I have been tasked with baking the desserts – which is ALWAYS bad news. Foie gras stuffing? Not a problem. A simple yoghurt cake? Drama. I don’t know how to bake. Forgetting to put the sugar or replacing sugar with salt in the mix is obviously not helping. So why on a Earth did I decide to go for Martha Stewart’s wholesome and need to be patient recipes????
It scares me to admit that perhaps deep inside, a (tiny) part of me thinks she is a blonde with straight teeth baking a freaking soufflé in a House and Garden shabby chic white kitchen. Maybe I have already started my path towards American citizenship (which by the way I genuinely contemplate)…Oh well. Thank god, my desserts will come long after people are in food coma so no one will notice that I failed to find pumpkin purée the night before Thanksgiving (surprise!!!) and replaced it with some berries coulis…
Anyway, here’s what I am thankful for this year:
I am thankful that I did not strangle my kids
I am thankful for all the people who came to stay on our couch to help us
I am thankful for DH always coming back after going out to buy some cigarettes
I am thankful for starting to see my brain cells being used for work i.e. something else than how to potty train the twins without baby L using his brother’s crap as facial mask (true story)
I am thankful for the cuddles and kisses I got this morning from my 3 monsters after getting kicked in the crotch all night by the very same monsters
Finally I am thankful for all the love I got through redlipstickmama – thanks guys !!!!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Kids thanksgiving candle holders and my ‘pumpkin’ and chocolate tiramisu
redlipstickmama 
Don’t worry – despite the candleholders and desserts I can still tell the difference between you and Martha just from your writing. (That is supposed to be a compliment 🙂 ).
I am mostly thankful for not strangling my children too (can’t even bear to think about that face mask…)
Thanks for the compliment 🙂 turns out I definitely did not have a Martha Stewart moment pushing the kids stroller back home at 11.30pm after all the food and wine xo
The tirimasu? Surely a success! Looks delicious..thankfully! xxx
It actually was a success although weirdly enough i thought the cake I made with the kids was actually more successful; go figure xo
Those turkeys look really cute and I’m sure that tiramisu was yummy!
Thanks! I was very surprise by the turkey candle holders because they did not break them before finishing to paint them! As for the tiramisu it was ok, I think the coulis added some tartiness, pumpkin puree would have made a smoother texture and taste. Oh well, that’s usually when I flash out my ‘Got 3 kids’ card hahaha