Fog on the Farm and other Fall Things

The other morning I woke to find our little piece of land covered in rolling fog.  The sun was nowhere to be found as the grey clouds rolled past our windows and swirled down the lane.  Paisley had never seen the fog roll like this and asked "where is this smoke coming from?"  It was beautiful and mysterious and I easily let my mind think we were in Yellowstone National Park surrounded by thermal pots.

Beautiful, cool, breezy fall has settled in for the duration.  The leaves have shown off, turning brilliant colors that delighted our eyes.  Then caught up in the wind they released their grip and drifted into the surrounding fields.

Before the last leaf fell from its branch, we spent a beautiful sunny day at the zoo. Nana wanted to soak up the scenery and share the day with her babies, so she joined in on the fun.  We played in the leaves and took plenty of photos.  Surprisingly there weren't many other patrons so we had the animals to ourselves.

Halloween was successful for my little trick-or-treaters.  On the Friday before Halloween we ventured to town to see their Aunt Bunny and Uncle Greg at work.  Rhea was dressed as the devil to which Paisley replied "she must be some sort of red bird," (we haven't seen the need to teach about the devil at this point).  One of her co-workers was dressed as a witch which actually scared Paisley more then any other figure or monster he saw over the next 2 days.  Both kids were so happy when they were treated to new jammies, bath soap and socks from their aunt and uncle (Rhea didn't want to contribute to any cavities that may come along down the road).

The elevator to Uncle Greg's office is thrilling!!

From there we drove a county over to surprise their Nana and Pappaw.  Nana was hard at work at the library but took plenty of time to treat the kids to candy as did her co-workers.  Papaw showed up a few minutes later when he heard the babies were in town.

Cousins

Halloween night brought perfect weather as we walked the subdivision of our friends.  A large group gathers each year and the children enjoy running from house to house.  I feel this is the first year that Paisley "got" what was happening.  He enjoyed teaming up with his cousin Cameron and racing to each house, seeing who could ring the doorbell first.  Lila enjoyed running around with the boys and wanted to eat each piece of candy that was put in her pumpkin.

That night we tucked our little fireman and puppy into their beds as they excitedly talked about saying "trick-or-treat" and getting candy.  Then Scott and I sat at the table and sampled a few of their treats (Shhh....).

Paisley got his first big boy haircut...or as Nana likes to say, "Paisley got peeled."   I wanted to grow his hair longer (think California surfer boy) but Scott had been commenting (more often then not) that I needed to take our boy to get a haircut.  So after school pictures were taken, off we went to get a haircut.  Holy haircut....it made him look like a 6 year old boy.  I've already told him we're growing his hair long and never getting it cut this short again.  Don't get me wrong, I think he looks adorable and it's a great cut....but as my sister said, he went from a Gerber Baby to a tiny member of NSYNC.

Before / After (Wowzers)

Family photos for our Christmas card have been taken and 1/2 the envelopes have been addressed. Christmas lists have been finalized and Thanksgiving menus are underway.  As I sit here on this rainy day, sipping warmed up day old coffee while the babies snooze in their beds, I am grateful for this season of life.  It's full of crazy weather, growing babies, shorter hairstyles, and upcoming holidays.  

How are you enjoying this season?