This is one of those things.
What a gorgeous sight to see our tree turning colors, and then drop it's leaves -- right before our eyes and right before our house!
Raking! I can't say we've missed it (thankfully we only have one reasonable sized tree in our yard). But, really, it is wonderful to jump in a pile of leaves again! Everyone got in on the fun.
Here's another thing you just don't get to do living in an apartment in Paris:
DIG in dirt!!!
Ryan has been asking for a while to dig. We need to start over with the landscaping around our patio, so we just let him 'have at it'.
Before long, we had all the kids in the neighborhood digging too!
They loved it. They came back several times, and in a few days most of the stuff we needed to dig out was gone! Yeah!
And, here's another thing you just don't do as a 7 year old in Paris.
Our neighbors got another toy - a kid-sized Razor scooter. Check out Todd's moves!
After I took these photos, I told him he was NOT allowed to ride in the street anymore! Only sidewalks for this boy and the scooter.
It is just a joy to revisit those simple things in life once again. Raking, digging, riding in wide open spaces.
Ahhh.... Isn't Fall fun!?!
(Oh...and by the way. We found out that we live in a neighborhood where scads of people come to trick-or-treat. There were cars (and golf carts) bumper to bumper inching through our neighborhood for hours last night. Eye-yi-yi!!! We had WELL over 100 kids at the door. Who would have guessed!)
LOVE the pictures of Todd in the leaves and on the scooter! The kids must be in heaven!
ReplyDeleteOur neighborhood was the opposite for Halloween. Gabriella and a 5-year-old neighbor boy trick-or-treated together, and I think they were the only ones who did in our neighborhood! So sad! But they had so much fun!
Can't wait to see you all soon!
Julie
What a gorgeous tree! And how fun is that little scooter?!?
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