"Bappa" Tom and "maama" Jennie have the BEST leaves. I can remember hours spent raking and jumping into the piles during my childhood. Not so fun was getting them in your clothes because they scratch. Or finding crazy wicked never-before-and-never-since-seen spiders. Ew!! I was really excited for Espen to try them this year because he wasn't a fan last year. He sat in them meekly and if left for too long would cry.

This year, Espen wasn't too sure about sitting/ laying/ jumping in the leaves. For the most part he enjoyed stomping on the leaves instead. He also liked it when I tossed them in the air and we could watch them flutter down. He giggled like crazy when the dogs zoomed passed and made the leaves fly. It's a good start... but hopefully they'll be even more enjoyable next year.