The Day Before.

Today was a kitchen sort of day.
{Raise your hand if you spent some serious time in yours, too? I thought so!}

So of course where there is marathon cooking, there is also this:


Aack! My aching dishpan hands!

I made one old favorite...


and a couple of new-to-me recipes.
(Including my grandmother's marshmallow dip recipe. On my first attempt, I stupidly forgot to temper the egg whites before adding the boiling sugar so I ended up with marshmallow-flavored scrambled egg whites. Mmm!)

And of course (like always) I had some help.


And, yes...doesn't it look so picture-perfect here?

Be glad there are no pictures (or videos) or me screaming at the boys later in the afternoon for their non-stop wrestling/play-fighting/crying-because-someone-got-hurt-from-the-horseplay-after-I-told-them-to-stop-482 times.

{Cleansing breath.}

But...I'm still thankful. Even for that chaos.
And for the messes as well.


Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families.
I'll be at the sink if you need me.