That evening, Daddy, Mama and Anna came over for cake, ice cream and presents. It was fun.
This past week, Christopher discovered that he could stack cans. Before, he just enjoyed rolling them around the room, but now he likes the towers.
One...two...
...sheer determination as he goes for three...and...
...got it! (His shirt reads: "I tried to be good, but I got bored." I'm sure that will only become more true.)
Wow-four! Good job, buddy.
Cooking like Mommy.
Friday was Silas' birthday and Daddy and Mama were out of town. We had him over for dinner, then Anna and a friend stopped by for cake and presents. They made him a Winnie the Pooh cake - holding a candle as his honey pot.
(L to R) Laura and Christopher, Silas, Rachel, Anna Leigh, Lizbeth, Dave and Andy behind the camera.
Afterward, the boys headed out to the woods to try their hands at fire by friction. They did end up with a coal - but were so surprised and tired that by the time they grabbed the rest of the stuff to start the fire, it was out. But success at last!
For the past 3 years, we've kept a tradition that was randomly started with Dave and Lizbeth Whipple to have a thanksgiving feast together before we each headed off to spend the holidays with our families. It all started on a fall day when we were hanging out and stopped by the grocery store to buy some things for supper. Andy and Lizbeth were all excited to cook and suddenly were planning a "fake thanksgiving" feast. Dave and I weren't feeling well and didn't want to cook anything that wasn't very simple, but they assured us they would do everything and we could sit and play video games. (That was the year Andy and Lizbeth made about 10 lbs of mashed potatoes and temporarily broke my kitchen aid which is now fixed.) And that's exactly what happened - Andy and Lizbeth cooked while Dave and Rachel played video games. And that is what has happened every year since then. A funny and fun tradition. So, this last weekend, Dave and Lizbeth drove down from KY to share "fake thanksgiving" with us.
Andy and Lizbeth made delicious food - and Dave, Rachel and Christopher watched and then we all ate...mmm...yum.
After church Sunday, we went to Winged Deer Park to play frisbee golf and then fly Andy's gigantor kite.
Dave holding the kite on the ground while Andy straps on the controls and Lizbeth looks on.
The wind was great and Andy had a blast being drug across the field (yes, that's actually fun for him.) =)
Dave take a turn being drug.
Christopher rode on Mommy's back while we played frisbee golf (challenging) and ended up falling asleep. It was cold down by the river where we flew the kite, so we wrapped him and the carrier in a good-old Maasai blanket.
We ended our fun weekend with more delicious food at our favorite..."Cootie Brown's."
And finally, sadly, Andy, Christopher and I sat on our couch, ate snacks, and watched the Colts lose their first game this season. =( Oh well...go Colts!
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