Leaf Pile

Fall is upon us, and so we have arrived at our first leaf pile of the year!  Brooke really wanted to help me rake up the leaves, and I believe Winry helped a little too.  It didn't take too long, and soon we had a big leaf pile!  The girls were very excited to get in and play.  I don't know that Winry remembered leaf piles, and she was definitely following Brooke's lead on everything.  We had a lot of fun playing in the backyard together until we were all called in for dinner.

Of course leaves quickly find their way into everywhere, and soon the girls were needing to empty their shoes.  At some point Winry decided to just forgo shoes all together and was barefoot the rest of the time.

Leaf rain was a new game this year, or I at least don't ever remember doing it before.  We only ended up going out once this past week, however there are lots of new leaves that fell, and so we may go out again today!  I guess it depends on if I can talk the girls into it.

On Tuesday morning I thought Winry's crazy hair just looked so cute, and I had to take a picture.  I took several, and I quickly learned that she just kept eating breakfast through all of them!  In my (unpictured) life, I attended a virtual conference for work on Tuesday through Thursday.  I had a lot of fun with it and wouldn't mind attending another one.

Winry was giving her fairy bear a shoulder ride this past week, and I asked her if she wanted a ride on dad at the same time!

This past week Brooke has really been into doing crafts.  She wanted to make a crib for her new stuffed animal she got on her date with Monica last weekend.  On her first attempt she was cutting up some felt, and planning to glue it together.  I offered to help, and in the end we built this crib!  Brooke loves it, and loves to play with it.  She also cut out a crib sheet and blanket for Donut to use.

On Wednesday the girls wanted to eat their lunch outside, so Monica let them head out into the backyard to eat.  Here they are, enjoying lunch and the outdoors together.

One night Dobby was running and we got a notification that it's wheels were off the ground.  I found it wedged into this little spot.  I'm not really sure how it ever started getting into here.  It is a circle after all...

On Saturday, Monica took Winry out for a mommy daughter date.  Whenever she asked Winry what she wanted, Winry always said "pancakes!!" They went to Kneaders around brunch time to get some food, and then went to eat at the park.  Winry had a great time, and was full of that ol' model attitude!

Here they are together, having a wonderful day!

The girls joined Monica and me to watch the BYU football game yesterday, but they did not make it through the whole game.  They were happy playing the whole time, but at times it got rather loud.  At one point Winry started scooting off on her bear.  Not sure what game they were playing... but it looked entertaining.

I don't think anything else very interesting happened this past week.  Things are mellowing out a bit around here as we prepare for a baby in 10 days!!  We're trying to be careful and super make sure we don't get sick this close to the due date.  I am hoping to spend a little more time in the backyard with the kids this next week, or take Brooke on bike ride walks around the neighborhood.  Anyway, that's all I've got for this week!