(Molly Post)
For Thanksgiving this year, I decided to go home to St. Louis, which meant that Cody would be without a Turkey Dinner on Thanksgiving. So, the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving I made my annual dinner (4th Annual to be exact). However, this year we decided to take in all the people in New York we knew who wouldn't be able to enjoy a dinner on Thursday. It started with Charles and Tim...and of course Brian had to come, since he has been to every Sunday Thanksgiving...and we invited his girlfriend, Erin...and then we decided to invite Amber...and of course we had to have Rob and Celia over so it felt like a family occasion...and then we invited Jen (my friend from work) and her fiance, Andrew. All of the sudden, we realized we had 11 people (including us) for dinner our apartment - plus a dog!
Since we were having so many people, we quickly realized we would have to get more furniture to seat everyone. After going through all the options, we decided to rent. We rented a 6 foot table, 8 chairs, and (since we had a minimum for delivery) 11 plates, silverware, napkins and a table cloth. Living and working around the table and chairs before Sunday was fun!
I set up all the plates, silverware, and napkins on our bed so it would easier to transition our living room into a dining room.
Below is our turkey - my biggest ever - 24lbs!
Isn't Filbert IV pretty?
Around 6 PM, everyone started to arrive. It was a little packed in the apartment for the first hour while I finished cooking. When the time was right, Cody handled the transition from living room to dining room - surprisingly, it only took about 5 minutes. Afterward, we loaded up the table and sat down for a wonderful meal with friends. Below are some pictures from the evening.
After all the fun, we had to clean up...it took about an hour. Below is a picture of how we had the apartment set up with the table.
Can't wait for next year - hopefully it doesn't grow anymore...we won't have the space!
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