Make Like a Tree and Leave

Another milestone for Sophie!  This is it: the first time I jumped into a pile of leaves that daddy was raking.  It is as cool as everyone says.  Soft and crunchy, they are messy in a fun way.  It was a perfect day for raking leaves: warm, sunny, and mid-fall.  Living next to a forest, we have it both easy and hard.  It's hard because the sheer number of trees drop a ton of leaves.  But it's easy because most of the leaves land in the forest where they don't need to be picked up.  And those that do land on the lawn are swept back into the forest to help keep our trees healthy and our animals happy!