Just a Few of My Favorite Things

...that sounds so totally Christmasy right now, which by the way is less than ELEVEN weeks away!  Slow down time warper!

But really Autumn, a.k.a. fall, is my favorite season of them all.  So here are a few of my faves from the season.

Scarecrow Makin'
Every year, when the wind has blown enough leaves off the tree, we take out this old mechanics suit, rake some leaves, trying to avoid near collisions with littles and the ends of rakes run by other littles, and stuff this dude till the beer gut shows.  It happens every year, and the guy just looks...well like a stuffed, ridiculous looking man...with a fake pumpkin head.  And we love him.  Well, most of us love him, Kira thinks otherwise of him.

Fun in the Sun...without the heat.

Don't get me wrong, I do love summer, but when you've had enough, you've had enough.  Anticipating that time when the air turns cooler and sweatshirts welcome me back with open arms.  Love.  Cooler weather gives outdoor activities a bit more flare, no more need to worry about burning hot slides, slathering the sunblock, or opting for the indoors just so Mama doesn't have to bear the heat...for yet another day.

Yes, this girls is as chill as they come...not a care in the world

Outdoor Learning

This girls continues to amaze us.  She rocks at letters and is slowly learning numbers, and I think she knows more than she lets on to me.  Last week we were getting ready for our party and I had, just prior to this, made her a hopscotch game on the porch...up to 10 like usual.  She kept coming up to me and asking me how to write the numbers that follow Mr. 10 and I would tell her...didn't think much of it and was too busy (shame on me!) to go and see what she was so curious about them for anyway.  Coming home later that night from errands I peeked at the porch before going in and she had written numbers 11-16 (15 and 16 were slightly illegible...not the point though)..and the girl doesn't even write the numbers 1 thru 10 for me!  Apparently something we're doing is right...

Halloween Prep

Ah, one of my favorite holidays!  The girls went all out (and probably D & A too) a couple weeks ago trying on all kinds of halloween get-ups.  Party planning is in the works...Miss B's having a Halloween Birthday Party this year and she.is.so.excited.she.can.hardy.wait!  More to come...

Sorry D...had to do it :)