Learning About Leaves

We love leaves around here! This month in school we have been doing all kinds of leaf-related projects. We went on a nature walk and collected lots of pretty leaves, laminated them, and hung them up as a garland on the fireplace.

Laminated leaves

Sorry about the grainy phone picture!

We also made a Fall Leaf Tree out of a paper towel roll and some foam pre-cut leaves. We got our inspiration from this post. Emily loved gluing the leaves on! The tree now sits on our table as a centerpiece.

Fall leaf tree 

Ta-da!

We have done lots of worksheets and coloring pages about leaves, too. Emily is finally enjoying coloring! I think before she was just too busy to want to sit still for very long. Now she'll sometimes color for a half hour (if I'm lucky).  Next up is pumpkins! Have I told you before that I love fall?? :)

Fall Colors

Fall is, and always will be, my favorite season. By far. The leaves change, the weather cools, the crock-pot comes out of hiding. What more do you need? I can't wait to start making some good comfort food (and wearing big sweaters to hide the extra weight I'll gain!) and relaxing by a nice fire with my loves. Yay fall!

Last week we took a trip into the mountains to see the fall colors. It was spectacular! These pictures don't do it justice. We had a wonderful time!

Snow in the mountains already!

Happy Girl

The only picture we got of Natalie. Poor kid! Second child syndrome...

What do you love about fall?

Friday Phone Dump

Here are a few pictures from our week, in all their grainy iPhone glory...

We went to dinner with new friends. Our girls are already best buddies! 

My first homemade wreath. Happy fall!

Someone hates her Halloween costume. I think it's adorable! 

Early in the week we had beautiful weather and went for a nice walk to collect leaves!

And then this morning we woke up to snow. Lets hope it's not here for good, I'm not done with fall yet!

Tonight we had our first fire in the fireplace. Hooray! I'm glad for the cooler weather, but the snow can wait a while yet. 

That's our week in a nutshell. I hope you're having a great fall like we are! Stay warm, everyone.