Colorful Fall Leaves ~ Cooler Weather ~ Halloween ~ Thanksgiving ~ Where’s My Bed?

Fall has always been my favorite season of all. When I was a little kid I loved Trick-Or-Treat on Halloween, Haunted Houses, the beautiful fall leaves, occasional evening naps, putting on my warm sweats and sweatshirts on chilly evenings, Thanksgiving dinners with family, and sitting on the bleachers with my marching band friends watching the football games and playing the fight song with my Clarinet wearing my white gloves that had the tips of the fingers cut off them.

Most of that still remains the same with the obvious exception of not being in the marching band anymore…and this year, I get to enjoy taking my little beggar out Trick-Or-Treating for the first time. This year, he will be Charlie Brown. Since last Halloween was over we have talked about it because he has been so slow to get any hair. And now, even though he has some hair, we decided we are still going to stick with that plan. His hair is light so it won’t show up much in the dark, and an eyeliner “curly-q” on his forehead will be so cute as he struts around wearing his yellow shirt with the black zig-zag and a little Snoopy dog dressed in his own little Halloween outfit. I want to thank Mom for purchasing both of these items for his outfit. I can’t wait to see him all dressed up in it, and you can bet we will be posting pictures of him on one or all of our sites for everyone to see. We took Matthew with us to Walmart last weekend and he chose his outfit too. He decided he was going to be a Zombie this year. His initial plan was to be a GI Joe guy, but the Zombie outfit really grabbed his attention. He tried it on after we brought it home and Jonathan wasn’t too thrilled about the mask at all. I am hoping we are able to get both of them in their outfits for at least one picture together…we will have to see if Jonathan allows that to happen.

One thing I am missing about my late falls is the napping. I tend to want to hibernate some evenings during these months, and now that Jonathan has gone down to one nap a day, he will not take naps in the evenings anymore. He is much more interested in coming home from Mom’s or Chelsea’s house after I get off work and playing with the toys that are waiting for him when he gets home. It’s as if they are calling his name when he walks (or is carried) in the door and he is obligated to answer their pleading calls for attention. Even if he is obviously tired and falls asleep just before pulling in the driveway, he won’t allow me to put him into his crib…a nap is completely out of the question. I don’t even try anymore…it has become a lost cause.

Nonetheless, Fall definitely remains my favorite season. It is way too beautiful of a season and gives me too much of a warm comfortable “happy to be at home” feeling not to be.