I love fall!

Fall is one of my favourite seasons.  I'm not sure why. 

It could be because I don't have to wear shorts anymore (they really aren't my favourite thing to wear). 

Or because I get to try out all my favourite sweaters/shrugs/coats again. 

Or maybe even because I get to enjoy those incredible colours!!

But I'm finally getting to see my first little peak of fall.

Last weekend it was chilly!  VERY chilly.

We broke out the mugs and started to enjoy some hot chocolate with whipping cream.  In fact I had a wonderful snuggle down afternoon of hot chocolate with whipping cream, popcorn and a wonderful book!

Today, as the wind blew out my front window I saw the leaves fall.

I love the colours.  I love the smells.  I love everything about fall.

If you are one of those people who don't love fall, so sorry!  Don't worry, summer will come again soon.

And if you are one of those people who love fall like me.... Welcome to your favourite season!

As the summer whines down.....

Today is chilly.  Or at least it was at 7am when my husband, God bless his soul, went outside to check on our little campers. 

It reminds me of how summer is coming to a close.... or in my house "whining" down.  Seriously... whining.  The kids the last few days/weeks have started to get this grating tone in their voice.  Halfway between a whine and a cry.  With a bit of a "I'm smarter than you are" feeling to it.

I'm done :)

I'm done with summer.

Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE summer time.  I feel so accomplished (generally).  It's like a fresh start for me.  A fresh start to get myself in order.  You know.. lose weight (I gained), be more active (my butt print is in the kitchen/living room chairs), go biking (nada), and spend more time with the kids (check!)

But now I'm done.

Completely over it.

I'm ready for school

Who's with me?!?

I saw a facebook post today from a friend of mine that I wanted to share:

There's really nothing as effective as school vacation to make me think that teachers aren't paid enough for what they do. Particularly good ones, which we have been fortunate to have here so far. Thank you, teachers!! (Now, can school start up again before I lose my mind?!)

It's just how I feel.  Completely.  I'm ready to get back to school before I lose my mind.  And to those great teachers who take care of our kids!

As my summer comes to a close (I'm back to "work/volunteering" next week) I want to say that it has gone well.  My kids have done 4 weeks or organized camps, 1 week of "Camp Heslop" and 2 weeks of chilling.  Next week they hang out at home with Uncle Jack for a large portion and help me out at the school!

I'm excited to see how my planning for my program I will be running at school goes this year.  I'm excited for the changes that are happening (Kyler going into grade 4 and Quinton into grade 2).  I'm excited to see how the classroom I volunteer in changes.  We have so much planned and so many cool ideas.

I'm just excited for a new season in our lives.  My family thrives on routine and going back to school is a great one!  It should be amazing!

October/November Photo Update #1

It's the beginning of the month, which, in my house, means it's time to move photos and such over to the server for safe keeping. So here I go... oh wait! There are still more photos! I wanted to get them up as soon as I can and be as "updated" as possible.

So October is first.

These are leftover from Halloween Night

October Photo Catch Up - Fall Leaves!

If you have ever noticed at our house we have no trees that have leaves. We have trees, and overgrown weeds, but no trees with leaves. This is very sad for me and for the boys. I love trees that change colours, and I love seeing them grow and it's just beautiful.

Anyway since we don't have any leaves we have to rake other peoples yards to get a pile! Our neighbours are so sweet to "let" us do that. We rake their yards every year so far and get leaves for the kids to jump in. This year we did it and here's the result:

October Photo Catch Up - Birthday Flowers

For my birthday I was sick in bed. I had been up most of the night sick and just... eww. So I stayed home from church. My little men were so super sweet and brought me home som beautiful flowers! Heres some untouched images:

October Photo Catch Up - Thanksgiving Pumpkins

Our Thanksgiving weekend was spent at my parents house. We had alot of fun. Jack and I did all the cooking and very much so enjoyed not having to do the dishes afterwards!

Even better was the pumpkins! We went to Korny Korners for our pumpkins. Here's some photos from our trip: