How I spent Thanksgiving Day

This is how you spend Thanksgiving when you have all the cousins together in a backyard with a tire swing and lots of leaves.

And this is how you spend Thanksgiving when three of the four uncles are engineers, and one of them built a homemade trebuchet a few weeks ago (obviously).

11-year-old in charge of placing safety cones.

It takes a while to set up.  Soccer was played.

Football was played.

Still setting up.

Just about ready.

2-year-old, with his entourage, coming to sternly oversee safety procedures.

Weighted end up

Missile attached to non-weighted end

Safety first.

Everyone stands outside the cones of safety, designated child pulls the release rope, weight drops, missile lifts--and flies clear across field.  Much cheering ensues.

So simple a preschooler can do it!

Moment of launch

This is how you clean up for Thanksgiving dinner:  everyone reload your trebuchet in the pickup truck and wash your hands.

And this is how you spend Thanksgiving if you're fortunate enough to have a warm home, plenty of food, and a family who loves being together.

Happy Thanksgiving!