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My November Article

I love fall. Although I am not a fan of the cooler temperatures, I do love all the family traditions that surround this time of year. There is the ever-popular leaf diving, corn mazes, and pumpkins. Not to mention fall has fun holidays, hunting and football games.
The great autumn childhood past-time - leaf diving. During the summer we are blessed with a very tall cottonwood. This tree gives us shade in the hot afternoons and evening and is home to lovely birds and squirrels. On the other hand, in the fall, it is a major pain. This is the only tree of consequence in our back yard yet the leaves cover the whole yard, and we have a very large yard. We always end up with a huge pile of leaves. Perfect for throwing a couple kids into. It ends up being 4 times as much work, because the kids are throwing leaves, kicking leaves and in all others ways undoing the hours of work, but it is worth it. You get great home videos and great photos. They squeal with delight. Plus you can't find anything cheaper to entertain them with. We used to have a dog that loved to lie in the leaves too. What can I say? It is cheap fall entertainment for everyone.
Every year our family goes to the corn maze at Chatfield. This year my husband had to miss out, because of a twisted ankle. So, instead we took a Gramma a Grandma and 3 aunts. It takes a lot of relatives to make up for one missing Daddy. TJ was completely content kicking back and eating snacks while being chauffeured around in his wagon. Katie on the other hand was sure to get us lost trying to convince us to go down routes we could clearly see were dead ends. She is a tricky little one. Although both kids tolerated it, I think the experience was not as much fun for them as it was for everyone else. I am sure they will like it more in the coming years when they understand better what is going on.
This was the first year we went to the pumpkin festival at Chatfield. The kids had a lot of fun. They wanted to put every pumpkin they saw in our wagon. By they time we were done it felt like we had. They each got to pick out one little pumpkin and we got one BIG family pumpkin. What happens after picking the perfect pumpkin? Well, the carving of course! I like to pick a difficult and scary looking design, but seeing as how the kids are getting older, I let them decide. We ended up with a big happy face. Oh well, it was still a treat to see their faces when we lit it for the first time.

Voting Lines

Wait time for voting seems to be the hot topic of the day. So, I got to the end of the line at 5:38pm. I had my friends daughter with me who I was supposed to get to violin lessons by 6:45. I walked out of my polling place at 7:33. Total time 1 hour 55 min. My feet hurt, but my goal was clear.