Canadian Thanksgiving

Last Monday, October 10th, was Canadian Thanksgiving. We were lucky enough to get TWO Thanksgiving dinners this year... and we still have American Thanksgiving to look forward to next month! (That will bring our total to seven Thanksgiving dinners in 3 years!)

On Sunday, October 9th, we went to a surprise 50th birthday party for our friend David. His amazing wife, Deborah, not only managed to organise a successful surprise party right under his nose... but also coordinated Thanksgiving dinner for 45 people without him catching on!! It was an amazing spread... turkey, ham, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato dishes, mashed potato, salads, apple pie, cupcakes, pumpkin tarts, fruit salad, ice cream, etc!

This is a bunch of old fogeys who turned up at the party to sing an 18-verse version of "Davie Boy" (to the tune of Danny Boy), interspersed with a couple of amusing skits. (I'm not sure if posting this photo on our blog breaks the "no Facebook" clause certain parties insisted on. Insert "any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental" disclaimer here.)

Birthday boy David and surprise party host extraordinaire Deborah...

The next day, Monday (a public holiday), we went to Kelly and Janae's home and enjoyed another amazing Thanksgiving meal. This time it was less traditional food - we had the best beef short rib stew ever, Yorkshire pudding, roast parsnips and squash, mashed potatoes, self-saucing caramel pudding, and ice cream. Yum yum yum!
Making the Yorkshire pudding...

Polishing off the scrumptious stew...

Teaching Etta about the kind of stew we have in Australia...


We love Thanksgiving!!