What do you do in the Autum time?

What can you do with all those leaves once you've raked them up?Lay in them . . . Bury yourself in them . . .

Bury lots of people in them . . .And of course, gather them up and . . .THROW THEM!!

Thanksgiving Cookies

It is Sugar Cookie time! My kids ask to make sugar cookies every holiday. Our tradition started while Matt was in nursing school and had to work clinicals every Saturday. Since the kids were all home and would get bored I had to have exciting - organized - activities for us to do. A favorite was making sugar cookies. Make the dough in the morning - let it chill. Roll it out later, cut and bake - let them cool. Finally, decorate. The kids would run and play in between each step and when they started to get unfocused or rowdy I could pull them back in with cookie time. Ever since, they have wanted to do cookies for every holiday. This year I was informed that we missed Halloween and so it was a must that we NOT forget Thanksgiving.

Oh the joy the cookie brings. We had acorns, maple leaves, apples, footballs and football helmets. Add lots of frosting. And of course, lots and lots of sprinkles!

And then you have the perfect Holiday Sugar Cookie!

Zumba!

My cousin Hettie, who teaches Zumba, came to town for the weekend to lead us in a Zumba class. It was so much fun! I came to realize that I can definitely move - I can't necessarily move on beat or do the moves everyone else was doing but I was moving!

Halloween!

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. We had a Halloween "Carnival" with friends. We have enough kids between all of us we really can have quite a party! It was fun. We attended to Trunk-or-Treats and then took the kids Trick-or-Treating. Let's just say we had a lot of candy! Yum! Yum!