AAAHHHH...

I pulled out the last of my summer flowers today, after the first freeze of the season, and watched our HUGE Ginkgo Tree drop all its leaves in a matter of hours. The leaves left quite a pile in the back yard, but were so much fun to walk through. Those fresh leaves were like a gentle reminder of summer and a jolt to the memory of last winter!! It started out just like this...hence the AAAHHHH! Luckily it did warm up today and Ava and I enjoyed some time outside in a leaf pile. She tried eating the leaves; I spent the whole time keeping them out of her mouth. It still was fun to watch her explore her way around the leaves...come on, she did look at each of them intently before shoving them in her mouth.

Lucky for me, I will have this face greeting me every morning during the long winter months. I'm thinking she will bring a lot of sunshine and a lot more movement then this house has seen in 6 years!