As I write this we are recovering from our first snowfall for the season- about 6 inches this past Thursday. What a shock for us two snowbirds trying to adjust to settling down here in the Midwest! Fortunately I had just bought the grandchildren their boots the day before, but Nathan still lacked waterproof snow pants, as you can see in the picture below.
It took a few big safety pins to keep his mom's pants on him! The snowfall was certainly a novel experience for the two children. Nathan loved sledding down the hill behind our apartment, Clarissa kept squishing the snow between her mittens as if it were some strange substance. Nathan scooped up some of the cold stuff to taste it (I did warn him not to put yellow snow in his mouth).
We were treated to some spectacular autumn color when the leaves turned, it was a bit late in coming and seemed to last only two weeks- but we were grateful for that as we had missed seeing the leaves turning during our traveling years.
Our daughter Melissa was determined that her children get to experience all the events of fall; as apple picking, and visiting a pumpkin patch. We even managed to get in a hay ride, complete with a bonfire and smores in local county park. That was a very cold evening! My wardrobe is still not ready for a Midwest winter.
Halloween was a cool damp day. Our daughter Melissa had to switch Clarissa's fairy dress to a fish costume so she could be dressed warmer. In the picture above Melissa is putting the finishing touches on Nathan's Captain Barnacle's outfit. For those of you without preschoolers, Captain Barnacles is part of the Octonaut crew. The Octonauts "explore, rescue and protect" our seas.
For Christmas John and I are planning on fleeing the Midwest for Florida, after that first snowfall we suddenly got the urge to drive south, at least for a little while.
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