Just A Simple, Marvelous Day

Today was just a simple, marvelous day.

I went for a walk with Lennon and my son, just up the block and back. A big red apple fell off of a tree and rolled down the hill to us. Lennon spent the rest of the walk getting the apple to roll farther, tossing it out each time it came to a stop by the curb. He filled his Daddy's pockets with acorns and one large green walnut and walked on every stone wall we came to.

Daddy went to work and Gramma and Lennon spent the rest of the afternoon, spinning acorns and the walnut, flipping them through a red paper tent we made, using the walnut to bowl down the acorns, putting on acorn puppet shows. Just your usual gramma and two year old stuff.

Mommy came home from work and I went downstairs to let Chauncey out. I allowed Gabrielle to go outside in the yard for the first time and she was so funny. At first all she wanted to do was eat everything that she could get her little mouth on, which is one reason I haven't let her out. Later, she began to run and roll in the grass, chasing Chauncey so hard the she ended up running over, or under him, or being tossed to roll head over heels down the little incline. Her romping and pouncing were more rabbit like than dog.

It was such a beautiful, cool, sunny, Fall day and I am so grateful to be part of it.