The Simple Pleasures of Fall

Oliver and Finley love to play outside. Especially when it involves raking up a big pile of leaves for them to jump in. Yesterday the temperature was perfect and I took advantage of the weather by getting the boys outside. Good times were had by the Alban boys on that warm fall day! They took turns grabbing up a handful of leaves and throwing them in the air, but soon realized that it was more fun to throw the leaves in each others faces. Neither child was harmed in the process. And whether they were throwing or receiving, they had fun! Oliver had some height on his first jump. I'm glad that I was able to build him a large enough pile that it did not hurt his knees. His second jump was a belly flop. Finley didn't do a grand jump. He waddled over to the pile and just fell in. Afterwards, they helped me rake and bag up leaves. My boys are such good helpers.