Peace and Leaves

One of the things that our boys (and the neighbor kids) look forward to most about autumn is all of the leaves. We have alot of mature trees in our neighborhood, and behind our house there is a cul-de-sac that makes the perfect place for the neighbors to put their leaf piles. (They are not crazy about our kids playing in the piles, since they're the ones doing all the work, and one neighbor actually told them they couldn't. But it's not their property, and as long as they stay out of the neighbor's yards, and clean up any mess they make in the street when they're done, we've told them they can do it. Some of our neighbors have obviously forgotten what it's like to have children. These leaf piles are like a dream come true!) The piles get so big that they are taller than the boys! They make forts and pretend that the leaves are water, go diving and play 'squid.' The fire hydrant makes a great jumping off point.

It seems Will has to do something with his glasses every year:


Evidently this is the newest coolest way to pose, because I had to discourage the "peace sign" (or some form of it) from showing up in almost EVERY picture:

See what I mean?!