Fall Pleasures

 I love the smell of Fall.  I love crunching through fallen leaves.  I love raking.  And yes, jumping in piles of leaves with my kids.  Oh, and having a good 'ol leaf fight (ya know, the one where whoever ends up with the most leaves down their shirt loses - I lost yesterday to Everett, the best leaf thrower I know).  

 Nutella for an after-school snack.  Can you tell?

 My Blue-Eyed Daisy.

 I love the look on Ellie's face there.  Simple pleasures, my friends.

Oh, and Lu missed out on the leaf party, but here she is sporting some pretty fabulous shades:

And one more photo of my monkey:

I call her a monkey because she climbs, but also because sometimes when I pick her up she'll wrap her arms and legs around me and hold on tight, just like a baby monkey.  That baby gives the best monkey hugs in the whole wide world.