Peru's version of Thanksgiving!

Well, just wanted to post a little about our Thanksgiving feast yesterday.  It was definitely worth waiting for.  After seeing patients yesterday morning, I had quite the appetite for dinner!  There are some new pictures of the food...so delicious!  We started our dinner with these appetizers that Matias helped make.  It was cheese and ham wrapped in a wonton-type thing.  We dipped them in fresh avocado/onion/tomato dip that I actually made....yes, that was the extent of my cooking yesterday but I'm learning!!!  The combination of flavors was awesome.  Then the main meal was ready and wow!  We had turkey that was stuffed with ham and something??? topped with a mango salsa, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with a spicy rocota sauce, fresh green bean casserole with homemade onions on top, stuffing, rolls, and green salad with avocados and tomatoes.  Everything we ate was made fresh from scratch bought from the local market, even the salsa and other sauces.  The turkey was pretty different but tasted great.  I don't think its common to sell whole turkeys like we are used to in the states.  The mashed potatoes were quite different too....a very yellow color and different consistency but still really good.  For dessert, we had the traditional pumpkin and apple pies....so good!  Tandy's cousin had just visited from the states and brought 3 cans of Libby's pure pumpkin so she made that pie with a shortbread cookie crust.  The apple pie was actually bought from a place here called Cafe au Lait and it was amazing.  I guess you could say we were stuffed last night and didn't do much of anything for a few hours after as our food comas set in! 
Today has been a good day.  We finished watching all of the Harry Potter movies so that we can go to the new theater in town and see the newest one.  It’s very popular here so we were hopefully going to take Matias to see it.  Mafe was supposed to have the baby again today but the nurse couldn't come to the house.  That is a huge difference here....you really are on Peruvian time no matter how important what you have planned is.  But, everything happens for a reason and there must be one that keeps getting in the way of her induction.  Maybe she will have it naturally after all!
Well, tomorrow starts another week...our third full week here.  I can't believe we've almost been here a whole month and already experienced a holiday without being surrounded by family and friends.  We truly missed spending time with everyone back in the states and know that it would have been so much fun.  But we also had a blast here experiencing some new traditions with an awesome group of new people!