Fall Projects

It's finally perfect weather to play in the backyard! Cold enough to kill bugs. Somehow our backyard is the mosquito hangout all summer. You have to practically poison yourself with insecticide for protection. For perspective, one day, we forgot to put spray on David's face - I had to take him to the doctor for what I was afraid was chicken pox. They looked him over, ran some tests and had to finally deduce that he simply had 23 MOSQUITO BITES on his head. It's hard to feel like a worse mother.

So, November is the time when the mosquito's start dying off. We can play in the backyard to our hearts content! Tiffany and I went through a phase last spring where we were determined to catch something on camera for America's Funniest Home Videos. The backyard seemed to be our best option. We bought a bunch of outdoor play death traps and sent the kids out to play.

Our very best option was the teeter totter. Anthony used to fling Ava off of that so great. Unfortunately, we never had the camera on for the best flights :( And it was kinda hard to "ask" for a reenactment when we had to punish him for doing it in the first place... You should have seen her as she took off - she would get some great air! This fall we're hoping to do a better job of catching the good takes.