Seasonal Leaf Toss.

We ditched all our usual Monday activities - morning at the gym, grocery shopping, and laundry.

(the laundry. don't get me started on the laundry, which of course is the problem. i just can't seem to get started on the massive laundry piles taking over my room.)

And met Paola and Andrea at the park. I figured it was a great day to go to the park. The weather just right. The need to play outside after a day spent inside on Sunday.

We pretty much had the place to ourselves - except for a few families who found their way in, played on the swings a bit, then found their way out.

We took advantage of the opportunity for close to two hours and let the kids play and eat a lunch of Old McDonald's.



When our attention turned away from the slides and on to a game of toss, I distracted Lane, who was not having a turn with the ball, by encouraging him to take a roll down a little hill into a nice big pile of leaves.

Of course, as any good old leaf pile will do, Andrea's attention quickly turned away from the ball and on to Lane's new activity.

Then, a good old leaf fight ensued.


We threw leaves at each other. Buried each other in under them. Ran in them. Kicked them.









And laughed. A lot.


Those big, brown crunchy leaves provided so much fun for our kiddos.

I have to admit - for me and Paola too.


We got in on the throwing and laughing as well.

Soon, we were exhausted. Covered in leaf dirt and ready to head home.

Then, I couldn't help but ask Paola what we're going to do once these babes of ours head off to school.



Be bored, she answered. Very bored.

I think that's the truth.

Name of this post provided by Siri. She's like the new girl in our group who has all the coolest, newest things. We go to her for all the answers. When we asked her if we were having a leaf fight or playing in a leaves pile, she answered in such an eloquent way. What we were partaking in, she said, was a seasonal leaf toss. I like it.