Enjoying the Colors

It's neat to see that Alex is now noticing the colors of fall. Thanks to Moose and Zee of Nick.Jr, Alex learned all about the season. 'I feel like I'm falling for Fall...', we like to sing. We've even made a nice placemat with a Moose and Zee frame, filled in with a whole bunch of colored leaves that we collected when they first started to turn.

On our walk to Stompers class today, Alex said 'Oooooh. Look at the trees, Mama! They're orange now!' He'd never seemed to notice before.

On our way home from class, which Alex never likes, we stopped in CVS and bought some Play Dough along with some needed supplies. We took a long walk home along Harrison Avenue and West Street to spy all of the leaves. Earlier that week, Alex asked me when he could jump into a pile of leaves. It had rained recently at that point, so I told him he had to wait for the piles to be a little drier. Today was the day they were a little drier, so I encouraged him to do little crunch-by's in the leaves on the curbside grass and other areas in which he wouldn't scatter them back onto someone's lawn or sidewalk.

What a cool, colorful, crunchy fall day.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010