Friday, November 25, 2005

The only way I know

One thing we did on Thanksgiving was rake up the leaves. This may not sound like fun, but it was.
Of course, after making a pile of leaves, the entire family must throw them and roll in them. Essentially spreading them back out in the yard. This is only our second winter here, so this is still a new thing to us. I'm sure the neighbors look out at us like they would at a zoo exhibit.Meredith prepares to jump in the pile like she would a swimming pool.

After raking the leaves up for a second time, there is only one way that I know to get rid of them. BURN THEM! This method is also the quickest way to get the children out of the pile.
Of course I didn't burn my children in a smoky pile of leaves. What actually happened was the four of us were having a leaf fight. Leaves were flying everywhere and even going into everyone's shirt. Until . . . someone shouted, "SPIDER!"

1 comment:

GoGo said...

unique tradition.

i like the burning part.

p.s. sheesh, this word verification is getting harder and harder to read!