More of the Same...Why Not?
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8:54PM Christian was bummed yesterday that he didn't get to rake leaves like Michaela did. So today I took him out front so he could rake those leaves.
By "rake the leaves" we know what he really meant.
He made a small pile and then "accidentally" fell in them. He worked really hard out there; he had his work cut out for him, too, since the leaves were a bit scarce after what his dad and sister did yesterday.
We could see that our neighbor was also busy with the same project in his own yard.
He was taking a different route, but getting to the same leaves-in-a-pile place.
Christian kept working diligently in order to get his pile big enough to leap into...
It must have been harder on his muscles than I thought because suddenly he said,"Take a picture of me stretching!"
Of course, I obliged.
Our kind neighbor noticed Christian tumbling into the fifteen or twenty leaves that he had managed to scrape together and offered Christian their leaf pile for jumping.
He didn't have to say it twice!
And it wasn't long before two more joined him in his leaf pile...
Eliana had never had the experience of jumping in leaves, and at first she was content merely to touch them.
She gave them a little pat, and then stood back up grinning. Soon, however, she sat down in the leaves and then lay backwards. She thought it was fun...
Then she realized that this was kind of odd...
I'm sorry, but I'm addicted to taking pictures of my baby girl.
See? I can't help it.
I like taking pictures of all of them, but she is the most readily available.
The happiness of a moment like this is indescribable for me. Watching all of them get along together makes my heart so glad.
I can't help but smile when I see them like that.
Until the ornery kicks in...and it always does. But I'll keep holding on to these other moments.
Soon Mike came out to cut the grass. Look at her face-she loves her daddy! In fact, last night she was lying in her bed and had been quiet for quite some time; out of the blue she said,"I love daddy!" It was so sweet.
Michaela took it upon herself to rake up the rest of the neighbors' leaves. She was one busy girl. I hope her arms aren't really sore tomorrow!
She gave her muscles a workout!
Eliana decided to take a turn pulling...
Not sure how to get it moving...let's try this...
Not too successful there, so she headed back to the leaves.
She didn't have a nap today (her choice, not mine!) and it was getting later in the afternoon; she got a little weird.
I tried to take pictures of her being so strange, but she ran away saying,"Don't take my picture, Mommy!" I went after her saying,"Show me your eyes!" So she did...
And pretty soon after that we all went inside and got cleaned up!
Can you imagine why?!
By the way, please excuse all crazy outfits...it was Saturday and the fashion police have the day off.
life together
Reader Comments (5)
What a fun day and you got some great pictures! Happy memories. :)
Mindee, I figure if I take 200 and get 20 that are good, then great! I love digital photography. :)
My first thought was "Where on earth do you live that your kids are in shorts in November?!?" but then I remember reading something about Texas. Right?
What is it that attracts kids to piles of leaves? My boys love it too! It does make for really cute pictures.
What fun it looks like they had!! I love the tiny little pile that Christian was jumping in, lol! :)
ok, wait a minute - seriously?! Your kids were ROLLING on the ground and in piles of leaves?! OH my goodness! This and trick-or-treating? We're doing good Christina!