Happy Turkey Day!

My Thanksgiving post is a little different to the others as I am including a letter I wrote to the children back at The Parks about my experiences.

Dear Children,

I am writing to tell you how I spent my first ever Thanksgiving. In the morning I woke up and Sian came and snuggled up on the settee with me and we watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade from New York City. I was very impressed with all the balloons and floats. My favorite part was when Kanye West sang and when Father Christmas came at the end. One year I would love to go to watch the parade but I doubt I ever will because in England I have to work every Thanksgiving.

We all got dressed up in smart clothes and waited until it was time to go to Mr and Mrs Bernadt’s. We were very excited and very hungry as we wanted to be able to eat lots of dinner. When we got there a fire roaring in the grate greeted us and lots of nice dips and bread to eat. Ms Bernadt’s sister was there and her husband and we called Ms Bernadt on Skype for about an hour. Ms Bernadt was at my parents’ house in England having Thanksgiving dinner with them!

We sat down for the main course, the Americans call them the ‘entrees’. There was so much delicious food. Turkey and mashed potato, sweet potato with marshmallows on top, green been casserole, fruit jelly, stuffing and gravy. It was all very delicious. There were also LOADS of deserts. Chocolate pie was Sian’s favorite! We said “Thank You” to the Bernadts and went home very full and happy and very thankful that we have met such friendly and welcoming people in the United States. Ronnie, Sian and I decided that we will have a ‘Thanksgiving Dinner’ every year when we are back in the UK to remember our American adventure.
Lots of love,
Ms Davies xxxx