Longing for Fall

This morning, it is snowing and will be sleeting soon. The past few days have been super cold so we haven't gotten out much. I'm already anxious for spring. The boys are going stir crazy and running around the house just to get out some energy. With that in mind, I'm posting some pictures from the beautiful days that we were home for Thanksgiving. Sigh..

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We went to Loose Park to feed the ducks. Cousin Libby was the pro showing everyone how it's done. Patrick (in orange) and Luke had to wear their special backpacks so mom could keep them from taking a little swim.

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Luke (and everyone else, really) had a little taste of the duck food - Cheerios and Ritz.

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Joe and Libby enjoyed a walk together.

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The next day, we headed to a different park. Joe did a great job navigating the "SpiderMan Web"
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Kolbe climbed up the big rock by himself and Uncle Scott followed. Joe got a little help, but everyone was proud of their big accomplishment.

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The kids found a pile of leaves created by a small retaining wall and a few windy days. They had a great time jumping off the wall and into the pile. This was all fine and good until Patrick joined in - he couldn't jump far enough out and was dangerously close to banging his head on the stone wall many times. Game over.

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Luke looks like he's drowning in the sea of leaves.

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Libby and Patrick enjoy a little drink break.

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After the park, we ended up at Aunt Shannon's house to play in their enormous pile of leaves. This is our only shot of all five, but poor Libby has just been injured.

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Patrick: "Hey, mom, do I have something in the back of my pants?"