Autumn Afternoons

These days, we play outside for about two hours every afternoon waiting for Daddy to come home and enjoying the fabulous weather.

We get extremely messy chalking up the driveway. And whenever I bend over to blow away excess chalk dust, the toddler looks at me and says, "Hot!" Because, as everyone of course knows, the only reason you would ever blow on something is if it is hot. :)

The toddler mows the grass. What a good, responsible son I have. ;)

Sometimes, like every man, he gets frustrated with the lawn mower.

And so, he decides to mow the concrete. It's been needing cutting, anyway.

But hands down our favorite thing to do in the whole, wide world is blow bubbles. We go through a container of Miracle Bubbles about every two days. [Side 'Mom' Note: I think the best way to buy bubbles is in a bunch of small containers, because kiddos spill bubbles all the time. It's easier to run in and grab a new one than to have all of your bubbles spilled out in one accident. And--believe it or not--it's cheaper. You can get a huge container of them at Walmart or Target for less than $4.00] The toddler is so cute with it. He will hold the bottle very carefully, and he will dip the wand in twice, and he will hold it up to about eye level (hilarious, I know), and will bite his bottom lip and blow air through his teeth. It is precious in the extreme. But, obviously, it doesn't produce any bubbles. He still loves it and runs around yelling, "Bubbles!"

Even though we are careful to not spill the bubbles, we nearly always do.

But not to worry. There's no crying over spilled bubbles. He just walks around and stuffs dead leaves and dirt into the container, continuing to shout, "Bubbles!" and waving the bubble wand around.

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How are you enjoying your autumn afternoons?