We had a pretty nice Thanksgiving.

I took a half day on Wednesday, and then went over to my mom and Taylor's. Taylor still had to work, but I hung out for a while. My mom made pumpkin pies.

On Thursday, Alex was going to make stuffing, then join us partway through the morning to come help cook, but... his morning was a rough one. He was having a bad pain day, and then Cy was sick, and it pretty much just kept spiraling. Ultimately he made it over, though!

We did our usual: mom got a turkey breast rather than a whole turkey, since there were just the four of us. We made mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, stuffing, cranberry sauce... pretty much the classic stuff. It was all very good!



And of course, Bella was the helpful-est dog in the entire world.


The most helpful creature ever to exist.

Cy helped by getting on my mom's couch and then not budging. He hurt his back again early in the week - not sure how, but he's definitely had a hard time getting around. He also decided that he no longer wanted to eat much of anything. Somehow he managed a few bites of turkey being hand-fed to him. (Spoiled monster.)


The saddest creature ever to exist.


Bella found the whole day very exciting, and she did many zoomies around my mom's house, including flinging herself onto the couch and back.


Even Cy eventually sat up.

The day was nice. It was mostly pretty low-key, and I do enjoy the chance to make a bunch of food that we wouldn't normally cook.

I was pretty jealous of mom and Taylor, who both had Friday off, but alas.