When summer turns into fall

A beautiful sunny day today, but if you step outside you definitely need a jacket. This is truly when summer changes to fall and I start baking (which is loads of fun especially after I thoroughly cleaned the oven): wheat bread, pizza, chocolate chip cookies, cornbread, spaghetti squash bread, cinnamon pull aparts. What is it about turning on the oven, warming up the kitchen, and smelling the aroma? It’s just so cozy. 

Lately, we’ve been up to a few things, like eating green peppers like apples. 

And, learning to oil paint (hard but neat and inspiring!).

Which lead to seeing the everyday filled with beauty. These clouds!

We’ve been waiting to pick up Oliver and Ansel from piano, which means we have to entertain ourselves by opening the sun roof. 

Or listen to good music when we pick up Ian from preschool. 

We’ve been trying new things, including insisting on getting up high and swinging on the monkey bar swing. 

We’ve gone on walks. Ansel was kind enough to push Elsie up the hill after she’d truly enjoyed going down the slope around our block. 

And we’ve lifted heavy things, including two younger siblings at the same time!

We’ve used the treadmill on those rainy days. Ian asked to do a full .25 miles one morning. Good job!

And we’ve visited fun places like Park City. Elsie was the only one up for a walk (the boys were with cousins and couldn’t be bothered), but we had a great time looking at all of the old, renovated, and new homes in the neighborhood. 

Sometimes we buy stuff with our own money, ask everyday when the package will come, and then, once it gets here, build it with only very little of mom’s help. 

We go hiking in a make-shift Sunday outfit and see the beautiful leaves. 

And waterfall!

It’s pretty awesome to enjoy autumn and eat all of the juicy apples we can get our hands on.