Sunday, October 25, 2009

Autumn in Arizona

Just when you think you can't take one more day of 100+ Arizona temperatures, something magical happens around September... it starts cooling down, fast. Within a few weeks, the night temperatures are back down in the 60's and the days are in the 80's. Perfect.

Maddie loves being outside – she would be perfectly content living outside. She kicks and screams and throws a gigantic fit when it's time to come back inside. She loves to explore and inspect everything. She is so curious! A walk around the neighborhood with Maddie is not a straight path. We go up everyone’s driveways, pick up rocks, pick flowers, and chase birds. This morning, after our walk, she picked some flowers in our front yard.
We have a mini-autumn event going on in our front yard right now. The tiny leaves are falling off our tree and creating a leaf blanket on the lawn. Maddie laid down in it and kicked her little feet to make the leaves fly everywhere. Even in the desert, we can have fun fall activities.Be on the lookout for pictures/video of Maddie's first pumpkin carving experience.... she picked out her pumpkin yesterday at the farmer's market.

2 comments:

The Kleyn Family said...

So, I need to check your private blog a little more often I missed weeks worth of cuteness-- these FAll pics are dang cute!

Kim said...

I hate that the private blogs don't give feed updates. I always miss out on other people's private blogs too. I love your fall pictures too! The fair and the pumpkin patch... so fun! Your family is so adorable.