Fall is in the air!

Enjoying our walk to the river!

Well, Fall is definitely here (as if there was any doubt!).  Temperatures have dropped significantly and the pumpkin displays are beaming at every store.  The wind is whipping through the trees so vigorously today that the leaves seem to be falling like raindrops.  Big colorful raindrops that smear the green and brown grass with sunshiny colors.  And it’s all very beautiful until I remember that I have to rake those leaves in a few days…  But I’m still enjoying it.  I don’t enjoy wind, but I find the floating leaves fun to watch billowing all around.

The other day the kids and I went on a walk through town collecting leaves.  I found one of our conversations quite funny . It went something like this (upon finding a beautiful tree of vibrant red and a ton of leaves freshly fallen):

Me: “Okay Chloe, let’s find some beautiful leaves to put in our bag!”

Chloe: “Ok!” Then peering all around the ground, ” Ooooooh!  That one is pretty!”

Me:  “Alright bring it here then and we’ll put it in our bag.”

…  “Um, Chloe that one is wrinkly and brown.”

Chloe:  “But Mom, the brown ones are SO PRETTY!”  🙂

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In other news we took a walk down to the river this past weekend and Chloe asked if she could ride her bike.  She had been asking to walk down to the fancy walking bridge for weeks and I kept forgetting.  It was a gorgeous day for a walk and Chloe really enjoyed being able to ride her bike.  I took some pictures of the trees on our way down and Tim made fun of me… they change colors every year and I know I’ve seen beautiful trees dozens of times, but somehow it always captivates me.

I just really love Fall.  🙂