Fall is Here

The other day, when school was out, I asked the kids to rake the lawn. The object was to get them to work together while having fun....a topic in which they have been struggling lately. With the few leaves we had on the lawn, it actually worked quite well. Gabe was most engaged and really loved playing in them. Kiah had a hard time getting the spirit of "leaf jumping" but finally gave in and joined the other 2.




This is Garfield, the neighbor's cat. The kids have adopted him and believe in their hearts that Garfield likes it at our house more so he must belong to us. Gabe keeps sneaking over to the neighbors house (across the road without permission), so he can bring Garfield back to our side. Poor Kitty!! A rental deposit of $200 is not worth us wanting our own pet at this time, so I guess until we have our own house, Garfield will do as our "almost pet".