Go, Go, Goers!

Last week, we lost quite a few leaves on our trees, so Scott had to do the first raking in our backyard.  Although, now I'm looking at the trees in the neighborhood, and I see that there are still a ton of leaves on them...so I think Scott will be doing quite a bit of raking in the weeks to come! I'm not sure who had more fun jumping in the leaves last weekend...Scott or Ava?!   "Dad, you need to rake more!"   So he did!   And then she just walked through it...?     Scott had to show her what to do!   Love the look on Scott's face here!     I've decided that fall has lots of opportunities for fun baking and crafts...and this week, we've done quite a few!   Having fun putting together a foam owl   She took pieces from my Halloween foam kit, and made a scene (to the right of the owl).  Notice the spider wearing the witches hat. :)   Mom thought it would be f...

With the arrival of fall comes hunting season.  Scott's first bow hunting weekend is drawing to a close (no, he didn't get anything.)  But, that means that Ava and I have to come up with ways to keep ourselves entertained.  I think we did pretty well over the last 48 hours. Grandpa Whitey picked Ava up from pre-school on Friday, and she spent the night at their house.  As usual, she had a great time, which means that I could get out and have a great time!  I had dinner and drinks with a friend, and then managed to watch 30 minutes of a movie before completely crashing.  I think I made it until 11:40p.m. before falling asleep, which was pretty amazing for me.  Thank goodness my friends know me, and know not to take it personally! It's a good thing we got all that rest, because yesterday was a BIG day!  Ava and I headed over to my friend Amy's house, so Ava could play with her daughters, Kelsi (5) and Kourtney (19 months.)  And boy, ...