It was not our year to host Thanksgiving, which suited me fine with all we had going on this year. Instead, we went to Mandy's aunt and uncle's house. The day turned out to be a perfect day, weather-wise, and we got to enjoy a lot of outdoor time with the boys. I took advantage of the weather too, and even rode my motorcycle to dinner.
Noah and Elliot love running around their big back yard, playing around the trees and creek and just being boys. They cleaned up all the hedge apples lying on the ground by throwing them in the creek. Any excuse to throw something in and watch it splash - the bigger, the better. It was certainly a better endeavor than throwing decorative rocks onto the net that covered their fish pond/waterfall, which I found Elliot doing when I first walked outside. I fished them all off the net with the pool strainer, and pointed him towards the creek. I find myself using "Because you just can't" as an answer more often, as Elliot is asking me, "Why can't I?" more often.
This year the roles were reversed as Noah ate a good, balanced meal, and Elliot ate virtually nothing but the pumpkin cookies he discovered on the counter. As always, there was food aplenty, and lots of desserts. All that was missing this year was a screening of "Christmas Vacation."
