Ten Acres

The boys have been wanting to ride Papou's tractor since the first day we got here.  They were so excited when they heard it running this morning.  Sam ran all the way from the house to the back of the property and climbed right on.

Ben was quiet the whole time until the ride was done.  We weren't sure what he thought about the tractor until he held on tight and would not get down.

Papou gave Sam an archery lesson.

Sam loved it, but wasn't quite big enough to do it on his own yet.

Cleaning fresh Gulf shrimp, straight from the boats.

Hey Daddy, do you think maybe you could get that camera out of my face? I kinda just woke up and I'm trying to enjoy these awesome donuts.

Wheelbarrow ride! (Seriously, what could be more fun?)

What do you with with ten acres?  Run baby run!

Not sure why, but the boys decided this tree no longer needed its bark.

Pinecones!  We don't see many of these in the Dallas area.

Earlier in the day in their matching PJs.

Conner Family Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful day today with food, family, and fun.  It's been over a year since we'd gotten together.  We're thankful for the time we got to spend together today.  We just wish we could do it a little more often!

We started out the day with a little Thanksgiving gel cling action.

The boys did a great job decorating (and we got a few moments of peace and quiet).

It was so hard to smell the food cooking all morning and wait for lunch to eat it!

Aunt Paola

Uncle Costas

Papou

Drinking "moonshine" with Yiayia.

Who knew calling water by another name could be so fun!

Here are a few pictures of Sam with his coffee and cookie/muffin over the last few days.  He had his face buried in the iPad all day today.  Where's My Water is his latest obsession.  

Country Life for City Boys

Yiayia and Papou took the boys to visit some of their friends today.  They had a lot of fun pretending to ride the four wheeler.

Another friend had lots of farm animals for the boys to see.

The boys really wanted to see the geese since we had eaten goose eggs for breakfast the first morning we were here.

We've gotten lots of questions about turkeys lately and why we have to kill them to eat them.  Chris likes to act out what it would be like to try to eat a live turkey.  That gets lots of laughs.

Ponies!

Samson and Delilah

Sam wanted to see where the chickens lay eggs.

Ben just wanted to pet them.

If I was going to raise chickens, I'd definitely have to have a few of these!

Oh Benny, not another fit!  Terrible, terrible twos!

Tickle monster to the rescue!

Me too, me too!