Leaves

A last word on fall 2011 - one little boy loved the leaves this year. Better than any toy, he spent hours over the course of a few weeks picking up leaves, throwing leaves and/or jumping in piles of leaves in the park, in our yard or on walks around the neighborhood.

Big help with the raking too. Here are a some fun shots of an afternoon in the backyard a few weeks ago.

Fearless leaf diving

I could do this all day!

Nana, let me show you.

What do you mean this isn't a rake?

 No really, this is the funnest thing ever.

It's contagious - even Mommy wants to jump in.

That enormous pile of leaves finally made it to the curb (enter Daddy, exit Liam) where the monster leaf-collecting machine came by and scooped them all up. Now the trees are bare and the temperature is dropping. Goodbye fall. Until next year!