Christmas Tree Hunting!

Weekend before last we went to a Christmas Tree hunting party thrown by one of my old doula clients and it was so much fun!  We didn't actually get a tree because we already had one, but it was a blast anyway!

R-Man loved making new friends and helping them find their trees!  Here he is "helping" one of his new friends with her's!

We borrowed a friend's truck so that we could all ride together out to their property (which R-Man loved) and he got to wear all his snow gear for the first time this year (which he also adored!)!  It was FREEZING cold, but he didn't care!  He got to ride on an ATV with daddy and roast marshmallows over the bon fire- he was one happy guy!

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves!

We have two huge Maple Trees in our front yard that drop an abundance of leaves each fall.  Usually this process takes a few weeks and we see the leaves gradually change color from green to gold to red over the course of that time.  This year, however, we had a rather fierce storm over a couple of days that caused all of the leaves to seemingly drop in one fell swoop!  You could practically hear the thud as all of our still-rather-green leaves hit the yard!

 

So, the boys and I ventured outside over the course of a few days to begin the clean up and R-Man had so much fun!  His favorite part was driving his monster truck through them, although he would inevitably end up getting stuck!

 

The picture above was taken by R-Man on the second day we worked outside- not too shabby!

 

Eventually he got to help daddy load the leaves into the back of his truck and take them to the dump, which was the highlight of his week!  Nothing better then a little manly work (and play!).  He is such a daredevil- he even jumped out of the back of his daddy's lifted Dodge Ram into the pile of leaves without blinking!  Fearless I tell ya!

 

The carpet of leaves is now gone, soon to be replaced by a blanket of white!  (Ahhhh!)  The seasons are so much more fun though when they are experienced through the eyes of a child!