this year we had to switch it up a bit. ususally, thanksgiving brunch is spent with my dad's side of the family at my aunt's house in hayward, but my grandparents didn't come back home until friday, so we postponed this until saturday.
dinner, was spent like always with my mom's side, at my grandma's house, in south city. there was of course, turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes and another type of gravy, steak, crab, tambo-tambo (ginataan to others), and for the first time ever stuffing. check out this conversation:
grandma: "what's that?" *looking at the stuffing
auntie p: "stuffing"
grandma: "stuffing for WHAT!"
we all laughed so hard. no one every brings stuffing on my mom's side, and i don't know if it will ever make an appearance again.
the cousin's chatted on the couch laughing. and afterward, my sister, jason, jonboy, mae and i ventured over to cream of beat. as always the music never fails me. we had a blast dancing the night away and even contemplated on making it over to kohl's since it opened at 3am. mae and janice had work, so we called it a night.
thanksgiving round 2 was on saturday in newark. i don't even remember seeing any turkey. lol. but there was ham, crab, gumbo, pinapaitan (sp?)...idk what else. i kept eating the crab and gumbo. (side note: i'm noticing just how much i LOVE seafood...i never really get sick of it)
after eating ... and eating ... and eating ... the cousins started playing taboo. if you've never played this...go buy and box and play. this has got to be a game that i never get sick of. this and catch phrase. so the object of the game is to make your team say the word on the top of the card, but you can't say the 5 related words on the bottom...you have to think out of the box. definitley a crowd pleaser every time. by the end of the night, we got through the EVERY card.
and in the middle of playing all our rounds of taboo, we played NINJA! this game was new to me...but it is sooo much fun. basically everyone is in a circle and you try to chop of the another person's hand, but you only have one move. apparently, we were getting a little excited and were too loud for the parents, so we took the game outside in the dark for a couple of rounds. and then we brought it back in and played some more. this was one of the most fun physical games i've played in so long. every cousin played except for janice who had to go to work. this will be a must at xmas time.
here's a picture that jackie took. i think she was out already. and monica took some video so hopefully i can post that soon.
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