i love the fall

The other day it was cold, rainy and overcast and I was feeling exceptionally giddy. So I threw in my Harry Connick Jr. Christmas CD and baked cookies with my girls. It was a very fun day. Another good reason to Home School --Sarah would've missed all the fun otherwise. Speaking of which, we've been on some fun fieldtrips lately; one to the Planetarium to see Tom Hank's Magnificent Desolation in 3-D, another to the local skating rink and the next field trip is a walk through corn-maze of Napoleon Dynamite. Obviously we do more than just go on fieldtrips; currently we're reading Girls of Colonial Days -Abigail Adams, Lifepac Math & Reading, etc.

The leaves on the trees in our yard are just starting to turn. We have a good variety of Oak, Ash, Quaking Aspen, Pine, Locus and Sugar Maple turning rust, yellow and light orange. It reminds me of a poem:

I am rich today with autumn's gold,

All that my covetous hands can hold;

Frost-painted leaves and goldenrod,

A goldfinch on a milkweed pod,

Huge golden pumpkins in the field

With heaps of corn from a bounteous yield,

Golden apples heavy on the trees

Rivaling those of Hesperides,

Golden rays of balmy sunshine spread

Over all like butter on warm bread;

And the harvest moon will this night unfold

The streams running full of molten gold.

Oh, who could find a dearth of bliss

With autumn glory such as this!
- Gladys Harp

Our home -with a couple Halloween decorations

The tree behind our van is just starting to turn

Pretty soon we'll have to rake a ton of leaves from off the ground. In the meantime Sarah & Emma love walking in the crisp leaves and listening to the crunching sound and throwing them in the air. I love crushing the acorns under my shoes. I also love the smell of smoke coming from chimney fires. I love the Fall!