The only Thanksgiving I can remember being as wild as this year's, was the year we went to Aunt Jean's. I can't remember if all the sisters were there or not, but I do remember 2 Japanese girls, Nana, and 12 doxens involved.

Thanksgiving Holiday started on Saturday for Silas, Micah and me. Just a few hours after we got out of the car, the trickle of arrivals would continue until Abbie, Zach, Stewart, the Bradleys, Laura and Emily were all home. Everyone was home by Tuesday (except Joel, who had to work until 10am on Thursday).



Here's a list of all the noteably things that happened:

1) I helped mom buy a tent for Zach and Stewart to sleep in.
2) We all ate at Cici's.
3) Andrea and Emily made Rum Pumpkin Pecan Pies and Sweet Potato Cake.
4) Muffy (the Cocker Spaniel puppy) got poked in the eye and got an ulcer.
5) My car got a check-up.
6) Dad split about 1000 lbs of wood.
7) Zach and Abbie decided to get married and set the date for less than a month and a half away.
8) Mine and Joel's team won the Thanksgiving Day Softball Game.
9) We played capture the flag.
10) We had the second annual Poteet Family Film Festival.
11) Micah got chest x-rays and had a fever of 105º.



I'm sure I'm leaving some things out. I'll add them as they come to mind.
Next post: the film festival!!!

An Everyday Afternoon from around 3:15-4:30

Silas, Micah and I like to play outside every day. Even on cold rainy days, we get out for a least a few minutes.
When we're outside, Micah swings in the red swing hanging from a tree around 4 feet above the ground. Silas pushes his tonka truck up and down the hill, and under and around the swing. Lewis barks incessantly at squirrels in the neighbors' yards or at Silas and the truck, if they're having too much fun. Two days ago our normal afternoon included this series of events.

1. I went inside to get potatoes out of the oven and get a glass of water. When I returned, Silas had Micah's spit-up all over his back.


2. Thank goodness I had that glass of water too because the other remarkable thing that happened was a wasp landed right on my bluejeans!!!!!!!! I screamed and poured the water on him (and my bluejeans) and then I squashed him. I saved the day.


This is Lewis trying to keep Silas and the Tonka truck with the herd.

All Saints Day

Ironic. Behavior here has been anything but saintly.
But the point of this post is to tell you about our All Hallows Even, or Halloween as some have come to call it.

New Year's Resolution #1: don't take Silas and Micah to trick or treat without their father.
New Year's Resolution #2: don't take a wagon for trick or treating when no one wants to ride in it.
New Year's Resolution #3: don't think that just because you leave a bowl of something you think no one else will like (such as oh, say, animal crackers) that at the end of the evening there will be any left for your kid.

The truth is we had fun for about 10 minutes. That was the ten minutes that both Silas and MIcah rode in the wagon. After that, when neither Silas NOR Micah rode in the wagon, the evening fun began to fade. But over all, the costumes were fun and what other holiday is there when people in a community walk around on the street with each other?

This is the end of the fun. Silas didn't want anything else but to pull the wagon. Micah wouldn't sit up any more so I let him lay down in the wagon. It was s l o w going. But we made it home in time to take a couple of pictures. Though
none with all of us together.

Finally, below is a picture from our super fun trip to the pumpkin patch.


P.S. Sorry about the sideways pictures. I'm not sure why ended up like that and I don't have the go-get-'em attitude to fix it just now.