Thanksgiving on Labor Day

We have binged today on food and sleep....hahaha. Today in Japan was Labor Day and falls pretty close to Thanksgiving. Now, we definitely can't do a completely traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I mean we do live in a tiny city apartment, but we sure did do our best. The food extravaganza started around noon with snack plates....so, so many snacks....

Lots of Vegetables

Olives Galore 

Ham stuffed with pickles and cream cheese (for Ten...trying to avoid Listeria for me) and different cheeses

Crispy bread...yumm...all served with Ranch Dip....

We ate every single thing pictured above. In reality, it was probably way too much for two people, but I mean it was healthy... right?... and actually later in the day we ate a bit more...pigs I know.

Also, I made a German Chocolate cake with pecan and coconut icing along with some cupcakes. Ten ate half the cupcakes before I could even put on the frosting...yikes...and we have tons of cake left!! Breakfast tomorrow.... :) 

Finally, we had dinner around 6 pm or so...baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, stuffing, and rolls.

And like any other Thanksgiving meal, we have tons of leftovers.

So, the final and most important thing is what are we thankful for this year? After talking to Ten, it seems like there isn't much to not be thankful about. We have had a pretty amazing year all in all. 

• We are so happy to have each other.
• We are lucky to have experienced pregnancy twice this year, and even luckier that our second little baby is healthy and strong.
• We have a new little nephew due to be born in March next year.
• ....and the parents are coming to celebrate the New Year!!

Now time to start gearing up for Christmas...which is the best holiday...ever!!