Friday, December 31, 2010

Leaves

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
~George Cooper, "October's Party"

Oh did Caelun and I have a party in the leaves! I bought this crazy old house in part for the two ancient maple trees and the carpet of leaves they drop every fall is straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. I tell you I can not think of a more grand way to pass an afternoon than rousting about in the leaves with a rambunctious three year old. We raked, jumped, tunneled, and ran. We tossed leaves in the air and laughed until our sides hurt. Come jump with us it is fabulous fun.

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Look at the leaves fly through the air.

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Caelun has his own rake to help.

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Rake them up and…

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JUMP!!!

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Hope you had as much fun as we did. Now to go pick the leaves out of diapers.

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