Fall Frenzy

For the first time in her little, short life, Madeleine experienced the thrill of jumping in a big pile of leaves, and she loved it!! Grandma Draper would rake them up into a pile and then with a running start, Madeleine would jump right in. She also had some fun throwing the leaves at people, although her favorite person to throw leaves at was herself. Ahhhh, there is nothing like itchy, cold leaves making their way into any possible gap in your clothes. It was great fun and reminded me of the hours I used to spend jumping in the leaves every fall as a kid. We used to make a huge pile and then jump off our swing into it. We also used to hide in the pile and take turns bringing friends back to scare. I can't wait until we have big trees in our backyard so I can teach Madeleine all of these fun uses for a leaf pile. But that will be awhile. I guess we'll just have to use grandparents houses for now.