Falling for Fall

I don't know about you, but fall is my favorite time of year. I like the crisp air, wearing warm, soft sweaters, drinking hot cider, making pumpkin pie... the whole thing. It just seems like a time where you enjoy snuggling up all cozy with your family and have fun things to eat. Or, if you go outside the temperatures are that nice in between area, not too hot or too cold. And of course, one of the best things about fall is the leaves with all their beautiful colors, not to mention the fun they provide once they're on the ground. Since we live in a rather new neighborhood though, there aren't too many mature trees here, which means not a whole lot of leaves to walk in and hear that satisfying leafy crunch. So the other day we headed off to a place where we knew there'd be a ton of leaves to let the kids experience the fun.

It was a beautiful scene with all the trees all decked out in their fall splendor. And the wind was blowing so leaves were drifting down out of the trees constantly. The kids thought this was pretty cool and Bree wanted to try and catch one right out of the air.

Always wanting to do whatever his sister is doing, naturally, it wasn't long before Noah decided to try it as well.

Then we spied a big leaf pile and both kids dived right in and had fun rolling around.

Okay, well Noah isn't really having fun in this moment...we thought it would be fun to bury him in the leaves. He disagreed.

Of course, it wouldn't be a romp in the leaves without the traditional jump into the pile. With a little help from Mom, the kids were soon jumping-into-leaf-pile experts, while Trav snapped shots of the action.
Bree and I did a couple of jumps, and then Noah wanted in on the fun too. Notice him running along behind us in on this jump...

So, I helped him "jump" too.

After the jumping, Bree got a little more creative and started just lounging in the leaves, striking poses for the camera...

(Yes, bare feet, she arrived wearing shoes, but I just can't keep them on that kid! The dirty toes are pretty cute though huh?)

Here she is making a leaf angel.

Not to be outdone, Noah tried it too, but he got a little confused and instead just face planted.

It was a lot of fun! What's better on a fall day then playing in the leaves?

Yep, it's an old, but true saying that sometimes the simplest things in life are the best.