Eva Longoria spent a busy Thanksgiving with her son and their loved ones.
The actress and producer (48) shared several videos and photos on Instagram on Thursday of her son Santiago (5), husband José Antonio “Pepe” Bastón (55) and other family members enjoying their vacation.
“What are we doing?” asks Santiago in one video as her son hugs her waist. He responds by shouting, “Thanksgiving party!”
“We’re cooking,” Longoria explains to her 9.8 million followers as she twirls her phone around the kitchen to show the rolling pin and the dough Santiago begins to eat.
“Don’t put that in your mouth,” he said Housewives the alum scolds playfully.
In the following video, Longoria talks about how much work goes into planning a vacation.
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“You don’t know,” says Longoria, wearing a red-and-white-striped Williams Sonoma apron. “I started getting ready for Thanksgiving about three days ago. But the crazy thing is that on Thanksgiving, we make a big breakfast, right Mom? I make my beans, my tortillas so we’re all full before we eat our Thanksgiving meal .”
Longoria then turns her phone around to show her mother, Ella and other loved ones gathered around the kitchen island eating the fruits of her labor.
Another shot shows Longoria and Santiago preparing dessert. “Now it looks like a pie,” the boy says as he places strips of dough on top of the pie.
She also shared a video of the turkey she prepared and a photo of “Mi familia”, featuring Bastón, Santiago and others.
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Eva Longoria and her family.
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In April, the actress penned a letter to her girl self for PEOPLE’s 2023 Beautiful Issue, in which she talked about how growing up in Texas would prepare her for the ups and downs of stardom.
The letter began by celebrating her looks and marveling at how much she looked like Santiago’s son growing up.
“Wow, you look just like the son you’ll have one day, Santiago (you’ll call him Santi),” she wrote. “You’re a real boy right now and you love going barefoot and running around our ranch with the chickens and your older sisters. I know you don’t like doing your chores like washing the dishes and feeding the cows, but I promise it will help you become a successful adult as you grow up.”
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Eva Longoria and son Santiago.
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In October 2020, Longoria spoke about her parenting experience on an episode of Anna Faris’ Unqualified podcast, saying he would “never tell anyone how to be a parent.”
“I never want to be that person — to be on a podcast like, ‘What I do is I put my son to bed at 7 because studies show that the brain…’ Like, ‘Oh my God, good for you. You go do that ‘ said the actress.
“I’m not an expert on being a mother by any means,” she declared.
Longoria added that she is grateful to have a “village” of support and “a lot of help” with her son, in the form of her “huge family” who help each other with the children.
“I have a great supportive husband, I have great sisters and I have great girlfriends who have kids the same age,” she told Faris. “So let’s all pitch in and get it over with.”
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