Happy Leafiness

Our beautiful Fall queen dancing a leaf jig.  These pictures were taken four days ago at the field where Joshua practices.  Today there was not a leaf left on these maples!  This season is so glorious yet so fleeting~ I'm trying to savor every minute!  Happy Fall to Ya'll!

Rowing on the Rivanna

...and Hannah is now 20 months!  And such the big girl!

 Gabriel and Hannah and I went on a short hike and played on the playground while Ella and Joshua were rowing

 Coming in on the home stretch

 I love this picture~ after two hours of rowing, Ella was plum tuckered

Hannah is always so happy to see her big sister!

Today's Adventures with the Green Adventure Project

Ella:  It was fun because we got to go canoeing and learn how the lake got dammed up by a hill.  We saw lots of lily pads and they had lots of slime on the bottom of them to protect them from fish eating them.  Part of the time we went into a little creek to try to look for animals and it was freeeezing!

Joshua: I got to go canoeing by myself and the boat almost tipped over, but then I leaned towards the other side!  We came in second place in the canoeing race!  Next time we're going to go with all ten boats for two hours!

Gabriel:  I went canoeing out a little bit far.  We went to a playground with a car that honked, played music, and made a vroom sound.

Out Among the Lotus

Westmoreland State Park

Ella collecting acorns on our walk down to fossil beach

Shark's teeth on fossil beach!

The kids had a hard time believing this was a river!

The cliffs were such pretty colors!

This tree was living!

Little Sleepyhead, cooking breakfast, packing up

Lots of fun choosing our campsite

Showing off their climbing skills

 Strawberry bush~ inedible

 GIANT puffballs!

Out to sea!

 Photographing and stalking the great blue heron!  There were also SO many bald eagles!