Playing in the Leaves

When we lived in Endicott, we had a few big tress that gave us a lot of fun fall leaves.  Each year we would play in the leaves and get some great pictures.  Our new house doesn't have these trees.  While it is nice to not have to worry about cleaning up the leaves, we do miss the fun they give.

Today, Isaac wanted to see if our Pastor's grand-dog wanted to play fetch.  After we picked Hannah up from school we headed over to the church, I had something I needed to finish up anyway.  Pastor wasn't home, so Milton couldn't play.  We decided to wait just a little bit to see if they would come home.  So we went to the front yard, and it was covered in beautiful yellow maple leaves.  Isaac and Hannah began piling the leaves with their hands.  I found a couple of rakes in the open garage and they began to rake, rake, rake.  I took Eli out of the backpack and put him in the leaves.  He sat for quite awhile just feeling the leaves I piled on him.  Then he let out a squeal and was crawling all over the yard, through the piles of raked leaves, up and down the gentle slope of the yard.  Isaac and Hannah were laughing, Eli was moving, and I was enjoying just playing with them.  For a moment I wished that I had my camera, but I am glad I didn't.  If I had had it I would have been looking for the perfect picture, trying to get the kids right where I wanted them to make the perfect memory.  Instead, I lived the perfect memory.  I love pictures of my kids, but sometimes the camera takes away from the moment. (I may take them back to get some leaf pictures.)  I had an amazing hour of pure fall fun with my children.  We laughed, we rolled on the ground, we got itchy from leaves and we ended with a snack of crackers, raisins and mini chocolate chips.  I am so glad I didn't have my camera... I might have missed something.