Odds and Ends

Most of our trees have officially dumped their leaves. The kids and I filled our little wading pool with them and hauled it to the garden several times.

We got apple trees! L is a Honeycrisp and R is Golden Delicious. Yum!

A new do. The bangs drive me slightly nuts, but I love the rest of it.

We've had a couple snow days and the kids insisted on a snowman first thing.

Nate cleverly accessorized it for us. The hat is a butternut squash, the eyes are cantaloupe, the nose is a helicopter from a maple tree, and the mouth is a dried out ear of corn.

 Bryn's not quite sure about all that.

Addison went to the dentist last week and was thrilled when he found a magnifying glass in the prize drawer. He's been doing detective work and science ever since.

 And finally, these early sundowns are making us a little stir-crazy. This is pretty much a nightly ritual these days.