Sledding in the backyard

We've had quite a bit of snow lately.

Eli enjoyed being pulled in the sled by his big brother.

Chickadees at Mendon Ponds

In the winter, the chickadees will come and take seeds from our hands. Brian was very good at holding still so the birds would come.

Eli watched quietly as the birds came and went.

Hopefully we'll be able to do it again soon!

Happy Birthday Pa-pa

We celebrated Grandpa's birthday a bit early - Brian helped blow the candles out.

Thanksgiving

Grandma and Pa-pa and Auntie Denise came to visit for Thanksgiving

As always, lots of delicious homemade food!

Autumn Leaves 2

One more time out in the leaves!

Here's Eli before he got lost in the leaves and discovered they didn't taste so good.

Brian was having a great time all the way up until it started raining this afternoon. Goodbye leaves!

Autumn Leaves

Most of the leaves fell off the tree while we were away. Mom promised Brian they would rake leaves and jump in leaf piles today.

Everyone had a great time! No leaves were actually picked up during this time, so...

Day 5, part 2

While Denise, Brian and I went on Soarin' Over California, everyone else went to meet Pluto!

And then on to A Bug's Land, where presumably they are riding on rides while the grandparents kindly pick through trail mix to find raisins for Eli. He loves raisins!

Then when we caught up with everyone, Denise, Brian, and Calvin went to ride the bumper cars.

We were all getting hungry, so we did a quick ride on the chew-chew train and went to get lunch. But, we got sidetracked by Chip and Dale, who Eli just had to go see.