Thanksgiving & the Monster Turkey & Sticky Potatoes

As we watched a little of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

 (a family tradition since I can remember) 

the first snow of the season began to fall! 

Since we've lived in Georgia for the past four years, this was a very pleasant surprise!

The boys decided to go play in the ward "Turkey Bowl" anyway!

Miles was not so sure about the cold and snow once he was actually out in it!

Just like last year, Luke acted like one of the big guys right from the get-go!

 Church sports - the only fights that begin and end with a prayer! Ha!

 The boys were not ready to stop playing in the snow once the game ended. 

Here is the first snowball of MANY to come, I'm sure.

 . . . and a very tiny, tiny snowman!

Luke decided to help me cook.

Have I mentioned his love of marshmallows?

Making the family sweet potatoes for the first time ever.

 Miles enjoyed having daddy (aka - his personal horsey) home for the day.

The hit of our feast? Cornbread stuffing from Williams-Sonoma. Amazing. 

(and I don't usually like stuffing!)

The sweet potatoes tasted super yummy. 

Okay - and the main event. 

Miles comes up to the bird on the platter and starts GROWLING! I have NO idea why (this is not a common noise for him to make). However, apparently Luke understood his meaning, because he very emphatically said to him: 

"IT'S NOT A MONSTER MILES! IT'S A TURKEY!"

Now this was my first-ever turkey, but I don't think my cooking was that scary!

The turkey was not bad, but somehow, SOME way 

our mashed potatoes turned out to be a literal disaster!

Seriously gross.

You've heard of sticky rice. Well, we had sticky potes!

My mother-in-law thinks she added a little too much milk. Neither of us are sure, but we were sure of one thing - NO ONE ate those potatoes.