Saturday Morning

Ezra and I are sitting at the computer right by our fire, and he wanted me to take a video of him to put on here. He loves the "my sad" video of him, so here's another performance, although I must admit it's not quite as entertaining! Happy Saturday to you all!

Thanksgiving Day Project

We spent some time today building stilts for the boys to play on. Rhonda found some plans for them and Sol and Thad decided that they wanted to build them, so we did it today. It was a pretty quick project, and thus kept their attention fairly well, and they were able to use them right away after! Enjoy the fun we had!

After that we went over to Rhonda's grandparents' home for some Thanksgiving dinner, and boy do they ever do the food up right! It's all my favorites, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, more turkey and gravy, and pie for dessert! Then about 7:30PM it was time for a turkey sandwich! Does life get any better?

Working at the Lake

We spent last weekend working at the lake house. Our whole family went, as well as Paul and Sharon (whose house it is), Bruce and Jake and Mason, and another friend Pete. The purpose of the trip was to put in new windows and siding on the porch area, and we were successful! It was a lot of work, and it was pretty cold, but we got it done and have the pictures to prove it! The boys had a good time helping work, and being little "blacksmiths" with the fire we used to keep warm! Sol and Thad had fun with their cousins, they all watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers together, which resulted in some wrestling, and all in all they had a really good time!

Talking with Grandma and Grandpa

Thad, Eli, and Ezzie got to talk to Grandma and Grandpa Bailey on the phone tonite, and each one had a great time talking about what's going on in their lives, plans for our Christmas visit, and just whatever crazy stuff they had to say! It's nice to be able to connect like this, and while Thad talked the other two took the time to play!

One last note - tonight when I was reading to Thad and Eli, Thad asked me why geese fly south for the winter. I started telling him about how it gets cold and the geese head for warmer weather, about to pontificate about how Florida doesn't get very cold at all, when Eli pipes up with:
"No, it's because it's too far to walk!"
And this is what my life has become. Dad, now I can feel the pain I put you through! :)

Pumpkin Leaf Burner

Any of you that have boys know that Halloween and carving pumpkins are great fun for men big and small, but in our house we've established a new tradition. Pumpkin Leaf Burners. By the end of October we have plenty of leaves on the ground, and there're always a few days after Halloween when we still light up the jack-o-lantern on the front porch. Last year, or maybe the year before, we were playing on the porch and someone (I don't think it was me, but it could have been) put a few leaves in the top of it. The fire and fun was begun! This year it was much colder than what we normally do this in, so we had to really bundle up for it, but fun was once again had by all! Even Ezra got into it this time! Here are some pics for your enjoyment!

Halloween pics for Jenna

And the rest of you of course, she's just the one that was asking!

Sol (hockey player) and Thad (farmer) doing some building project

Eli (Superman) and Ezra (chef) playing in the bouncer with big sissy (don't ask, it's a long story)

Farmer Thaddeus

All the boys with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Petrov

Earlier in the day I scored a basket in "Thaddieball"

Some recent fun we've had

I wanted to get some more pics up for you to view, trying to keep my blog at least a little bit interesting, so here are some recent pics we've taken. I think most are from today, Rhonda had Sol and Eli and Ez at home as Sol and Eli were sickly, so they did some playing around. Hope you like it!

I think this is Sol's lego house

This is Sol working on some reading - looks like a Lego magazine to me!

Eli loves to play outside, especially in the leaves with his cape on!

Ez was having fun in the leaves too with his cape, just like big brother!

My little guys throwing leaves on each other!