I don’t know about you other moms out there, but I am loving Fall! The apples, the pumpkins, cooler weather, heartier foods, beautiful foliage – all of that. But one other thing I am truly delighting in are the leaves in my yard. They have proven to be an endless source of work for my industrious children!
What better answer could I have for a small child who says, “Mom I’m bored,” than to respond, “Oh, great! I was looking for someone to rake leaves.” Brings a smile to my face. They actually enjoy the work. I sent them all out last week to rake and then transfer their leaf piles to my garden beds for composting over winter. Kept them busy all day.
I can speak from experience when I say that productive kids are happy kids. And my two-year-old can speak from experience when she says that yard work is more enjoyable when wearing a leotard.
Go Fall!
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I love fall too! I don’t get to experience it the same here in California as I did back home in my own home country. But it is still beautiful. The colors at my wedding were all fall colors.
Thanks for visiting my blog and enjoy the pumpkin pie.
We had a Fall wedding, too :). What is your home country?
It makes me so sad that our back yard only holds evergreens…oh the work my daughter is missing out on! I don’t know about you, but I love when I can “pass it down”…I had to rake leaves for hours! We had a huge backyard growing up, and although we would get small raking jobs there was always one Saturday that everyone would join in. After being raked into big piles the leaves were loaded into the back of the truck…yes, I wasn’t kidding when I said a HUGE yard. It wasn’t my favorite job, but it did leave me with some great memories as an adult.
And hehe..the best ever, was when my older sister got caught leaving school early and her punishment was to rake the yard by herself! Funny now, but I remember standing at the window crying because she was in trouble!
My yard wasn’t big enough to rake growing up, but my husband and his siblings had to rake 5 acres. So, I am sure he is happy to hand it down :)! Oh, that is so sweet about your sister. That is how my grils are when the other ones get in trouble too. My boy is not quite as sympathetic :).