Fall Favorites

Today the weather was pretty warm, so we took advantage of it and spent the afternoon outdoors. We raked the few leaves in our back yard into a pile to jump and play in. The kids had a lot of fun with it!

 Camilla picked out the funniest little outfit for the day, I wish I had snapped a picture of it before she put her coat on. She wore a frilly red shirt with another long sleeved red shirt underneath it. Paired with her pink polka-dot tights and jean skirt, it was pretty cute. I also love when she pairs her bright yellow rubber boots with tights.

 Hyrum cracked me up all day with funny little things he would say. Out of the blue this morning he says, "I don't swim under water though, Mom, because I'm a GUY!"

He sure loves playing with his sister! 

 Camilla kept leaping from her stool doing spins or other funny tricks. She misses our deck and giant pile of leaves we used to get at our old little white house.

 And then there's Mr. Joe, so serious!

 Camilla's a pretty great big sister to have.

 I just loved watching and snapping pictures of the fun...

Later in the afternoon I put my multi-tasking skills to the test. With dinner sizzling in the slow-cooker, and bread dough rising on the counter, I whipped up our favorite Ginger cookies. Auntie Emma helped us roll to get them done in time for me to roll out the bread dough falling over the edge of the dish. Camilla's cookies were perfectly round, with no cracks in them. She works so hard to make things perfect, I love that about her. Hyrum's job was to roll them in the sugar and put them on the plate. As he placed each one on the plate he would say, "One for Dad, one for me, one for Dad, one for me, and one for me too!" My sister and I laughed pretty hard at that. Once we finished I rolled that dough into a dozen buns for dinner, a loaf of bread and a pan of Cinnamon buns! The house smelled amazing. Baking is definitely a Fall favorite!