An afternoon with my nephew

Today my nephew came over for a visit, my sister and her hubby went to a funeral. Since my boys are pretty much grown I don't have a lot of toys laying around for him to play with. So instead of putting him in front of the television we went out for a walk. First we went to the school where I work as a lunch program supervisor. All the kids flocked over to him and oohed and awed at how cute he is, Of course he is, after all I am his auntie ;) He shied away at all the attention and buried his head into my shoulders. We or should I say I decided it was time to walk home, it was pretty cold out and I was not dressed for the weather at all. We walked and talked and picked up sticks and admired the leaves that had fallen from the trees. God I miss this stage of curiosity and awe. I finally convinced him it was time to come inside, of course he was not having any of it. I love spending time with him and we had a great afternoon.

Crisp Autumn days ahead

All those sweaters I put away for the summer, Its time to bring them out! The mornings and evenings are cold here.Single-digit temperatures at night mean flannel pajamas for me.I wish summer would stay forever but then I would miss seeing all the beautiful colors of Autumn. If I could skip winter all together, I would be a happy girl. Now that my boy's are older I miss the times when we would rake the leaves and pile them high, Just to have them bulldozer threw them. My nephew is almost 2, I think I will have to steal him to have an excuse to run threw the leaves again. What is your favourite autumn past time?