Monday, November 29, 2010

goodbye fall… hello winter!

I love fall, it’s my favorite season.  We were lucky to have a longer fall this year in Denver.  It’s never long enough for me though. :)  We had our last warm day a few weeks ago and we knew it would be one of the last nice days so we met some friends at a newly remodeled park and had a really good time!  Jackets weren’t even required, it was warm.

Check out the size of this leaf!  Bigger than her face.  This park has a community toy bin with 10 or so of these ride on toys, Sophie really enjoyed racing friends on the sidewalk.

park - tess big leaf park - tyler soph driving

park - soph drivingpark - tess on carpark - tyler soph binoculars 2

This is the merry-go-round –ish like thing that spins.  The adults are spinning it and the kids hang on (and fall off a bit too)! Tessa’s face in this one really makes me laugh, you can tell she’s a little bit leery of this ride.

park - merry go round park - soph tyler tess

It was a nice way to say goodbye to fall, we can’t wait until Spring when we can revisit that awesome park.  But now it’s time to SNUGGLE UP!

random - soph and tess morning snuggle Because the very next day…

first snow

As you can see, Sophie was quite upset.

 first snow - soph smiling at snow

NOT!!!! I was only kidding, she was NOT upset, but very very excited.  After a lot of begging and saying please I let her go out on the porch to “look at the snow.”

first snow - soph trying to touchfirst snow - soph yelling at snowfirst snow - soph watching  

Well I guess, ready or not, here winter comes!  I have to say that I get more excited for snow because of my kids.  Their enthusiasm is contagious.  I think one of my favorite things about being a mom is experiencing the world all over again through them.  And to them, snow is magic and lots of fun to play in!  So it’s my goal this year to make a few snow angels and snow balls and try to enjoy it.

3 comments:

The Allens said...

Wow, that is a neat park! Where is it? That's great that you had such a long fall...usually there's been a big snowstorm by now. It is fun to experience things through your kids. Gives you a whole new perspective.

mommaquincy said...

I love fall, too. Its been so nice to be able to keep walking and biking for so long this year. If we can get the ice off the road I'll walk again. Great pictures!

Nate and Kim said...

Those pictures are so cute! Thanks for sending me some. I love Tessa's face in that one. Hopefully we can go back to that park in the spring.