Thanksgiving Dinner

We woke up this morning to Owen pointing out the window.  It was snowing and the boys were really excited!  They went out with Brian to throw snowballs at each other - very wet snowballs!  After drying out, we went to Devin to a Birthday party for a boy in Hayden's class.  It was really nice, with lots of home-made Gourmet food, and the boys all played great together.  We had to leave early though since we were going to the Crowne Plaza to eat Thanksgiving Dinner!


So that Brian and I could both enjoy some wine, we decided to take the tram.  There is a zero tolerance policy in Europe.  The boys - Owen, Hayden, and Eidyn - loved the tram ride!  The restaurant was rearranged to have a set of couches while a slingbox-ed football game was played.  The kids are also had Thanksgiving Charlie Brown on their own TV and I printed out a bunch of Thanksgiving activity and coloring pages for them to do.  There were about 40 adults and 25 kids - it was a great idea because it got very popular in a short time - it wasn't really even planned until a week and a half before!  We started off listening to live piano music while enjoying wine, beer, sodas, juices & egg nogs.

Seating was at large tables filled with about 3 families each.  First we all received soup - Chestnut Soup - Delicious!!!  Then each table was served their own turkey and side dishes to carve and pass.  After the kids all ate, they were able to go back to the kids area and color, play with toys, & watch the TV programs - this meant nice dinner for the adults!

After enjoying dinner, we had some mingling time and got to talk more to some of the adults that we had met.  Then, it was time for the dessert bar!  There was pumpkin pie, pecan pie, pumpkin & pecan pie, and ice cream.  My favorite though, was the pumpkin cheese cake that my friend Jeannine made - it was Excellent!

After many hours of eating and drinking, we got our coats on and rode the tram back home.  Brian had a lot of beer, and we both had way too much food - so we were a bit uncomfortable through the night!  Even had to open up the Tums.  But, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without distended stomachs!

It was so very nice to be able to share a table and spend a wonderful evening with our friends.  I'm so glad that they are in Bratislava!

Here is a link to all of the pictures from the night: Facebook Pictures