A roll in the leaves!

I LOVE fall! Not because of Halloween, or football...but because of the beauty of the trees and the crisp cool air. It is so welcomed after a long Texas summer! Last week we were dropping off Alec at school and I said "wow kids, look at the pretty colorful trees" Alec replied in a super goofy voice that he uses quite often "It makes me feel like my heart is full of love!" I laughed and said "where did you get that from". He giggled and said "just made it up." He's my funny little guy these days. Anyway...I love the Oak trees in our front yard...they are so beautuful in the fall, and are the first on our street to start turning color. I didn't take a picture of it early enough this year to capture the multiple colors when it's super bright, by the time I got around to photographing it, it was all red, but still pretty. Anyway...the kids had tons of fun last week raking up piles and playing in the leaves. It was a chilly day too...ahhhh fall!

One week before the leaves fell.

Alec and Eriik raked most of the pile, but Ava had to have a turn too!

I just love that smile!

Leaf fight!

Uh oh....they turned on me!

Halloween Fun!

Well, our Halloween celebtations stretched out over five days this year! We had Ava's halloween parade at Prep School on Wednesday, her party the next day, Alec wore his costume to school on Friday, we had his school fall festival on Saturday, and the Farm Fair at our church and trick or treating on Sunday! It was a lot of dressing up for one week! But the kids had a blast, and so did Eriik and I. Here are tons of pics from last week...if you are wondering why there are more pics of Ava at the farm fair it's because Alec was running around with his bud Carson and his dad most of the time, so we didn't see as much of him there. He and Ava both got their faces painted towards the end of the Farm Fair and I didn't get a pic of it, but they looked really cute before heading out to do a quick round of trick or treating in our neighborhood before bed!

Sir Alec...Knight of the Rowland clan and his princess Ava :)

Ava at the annual Prep School parade...She's holding hands with the preschool director. The parade made it on the 6:00 news this year!

Ava with some of her little preschool friends.

Alec at his school cafeteria, I brought him some chick fil a so I could see him dressed up with all his friends. All the boys are sitting on the other side of him, but that pic wasn't as good.

Alec and Ava at Alec's school carnival. Love their poses...I think Alec is doing some kind of Karate/ Ninja thing.

Ava really wanted to hold her pumpkin in the pictures she's such a little poser!

Here she is at our churches Farm Fair. She had no intention of holding this chicken, it freaked her out a little.

Ava with some of her church girlfriends.

Luciana with Ava...our small group worked the games in the preschool area at the Farm Fair.