Jumping in the leaves

What a beautiful fall day it was. After spending the last three days subbing in the preschools I was happy for a day home with the kids. Thanks to Joel, I was able to sleep late.  We had a happy surprise visit from Aunt Lea Ann. She was able to get Julianne to laugh. After she left to pick up Lily, we spent the rest of the afternoon outside. I raked the leaves while Julianne napped in her chair and Jace busied himself with all sorts of things. He helped me a little. He got the mail from the mailman and sorted it. He called Grandma Elaine and compared the number of bags of leaves we had raked. He visited with passing neighbors. He drew pictures with chalk on the sidewalk and on the shovel he was using to scoop leaves. Finally, he made some spectacular leaps into the last pile of leaves.

This evening we took a long walk. Joel carried Julianne in the front pack and Jace rode his bike. Then dinner, baths and bedtime. I better go, It's past my bedtime. Goodnight.

We love all the toothless grins.