Scenes from our version of Thanksgiving

Tesla loving the sofa pillow fun Sofia introduced her to.
Above pic is Dav showing Markus the famous cork in a bottle trick, and of course some after meal Wii playing.

We did a pot-luck chez nous this year. Granny Marie, Anthony, and Dav's bro Markus were the first guests, then we invited Michelle, Jeremy, and Sofia. Then Cesar since Rachel was out of town, then Nik too. In the end, we had quite the group together.

Pot-luck is definitely the way to go...no stress so everyone can have more fun. Being us, we decided not to do turkey and all that, but just focus on good dishes, whatever style. I made chirashi-zushi, and 2 kinds of baked salmon. Marie brought ribs, corn, corn bread (since Dav really likes it), and 2 pies! Michelle brought mashed potatoes, sorbet with champagne, and salad. Nik brought a cheese platter, and Cesar brought various appetizers. Markus brought bread/cheese, and also...fireworks! ...as well as punk rock underwear for me.

Tesla followed Sofia, and learned for the first time the pleasure of piling up pillows and jumping into them. Tesla looks up to Sofia so much it's adorable to watch them together...especially when they both sat at Tesla's new little table.

We started at 3pm and continued to about midnight. I think eating with friends and family is just about my favorite thing to do.