We have been:

Playing in the leaves

Sorting all the laundries (yay Columbus day!) (Also I think we keep Columbus Day as a holiday because it comes right after the end of the federal fiscal year, and the federal employees involved in that all really want a break.)

Chillen with the babbies

 

Making bread! This is what happens when you leave the sponge to rise while you go to the farmers' market. Good thing I thought to put it in a bigger bowl just in case! No bandaids ended up in this bread, and we've been eating a LOT of toast.

The vans not beat

More Oscar at school

Here are some more pictures of O at school....I don't know what hes is doing in them, you'll have to ask him!

Wait....what is happening here?

Camping with Eric

Eric Westra, that is. His family has a cabin near the Red Feather Lakes, which happens to be about 10 minutes from the Mount Margaret trailhead. Ricky and Oscar went up there a while ago and had a great time, and this weekend Eric W. and our whole family went, including Sue and Lloyd and Marky Flash! The RV even got an outing!

The aspens were all shades of yellow, it was the perfect moment for leaf-peeping (I can't believe I remembered that some people call it that!). And it was a little cold, and a little rainy, but not too much. Just enough  to justify drinking hot chocolate when the boys came back inside, and having a toasty fire in the Franklin stove. It felt like a real adventure.

But first, some domestic photos.

Find the cats (there are 2!) 

 I put Edie on the floor for tummy time and she fell asleep. I liked the way she looked like just another object on the floor, although I don't think the photo really captures how I felt about it.

 Please observe Oscar's excellent photo pose. He perfected it over the weekend.

 The lichens were off the chain!

 Oscar really liked these roots. They were the only ones we encountered on the trail.

 John kept singing "We will rock you!" in his most growly terrifying monster ("monstener") voice.

 Stout Cortez!