Sabbath Meanderings

Well, friends, I have more Sunday pictures to share with you.  The pace of our weeks has picked up significantly since the summer and I’m finding that Sunday is the only day there is enough space in my heart to want to take pictures…. Today was our first beautiful fall day.  The cooler temperatures are so refreshing!  I put on a scarf, Charlie put on a long-sleeved flannel shirt, and Jonathan, of course, wore a t-shirt!This afternoon, we went for a walk with Charlie through our apartment complex.  The soccer ball came with us because one small member of our family thinks we cannot go on a walk without a soccer ball.  Did you not all know that a soccer ball is essential to a good walk?  No?  Well, now you do!  And now you will see why.  A “walk” really means a long soccer scrimmage through the parking lots.  Goal!--prounced here as “Dooooooooooo!”    Pinecones make somewhat less successful kicking targets. I know the parking lot backdrop is not picturesque, but if you could have felt the air—just cool enough to make us welcome the strong sun on our backs—you would have thought, as we did, that it was wonderful to be out!

We wandered past the playground to try out the swings. Dada really is so much fun at this sort of thing! And yes, soccer balls are also essential to swinging.  I’m not sure why, but I am sure this is a fact. While we were at the playground we had to pick some clover.   (I included this picture to show off Charlie’s mullet.  He is growing it in hopes of not having to wear a scarf this winter. ) Picking clover takes a lot of concentration. Does it smell good? Soccer balls are also essential to good naps.  This, I now know from experience! Can’t go home with out going down the slide once or twice! Walking home… And now this is how we really know Fall is here--Hot chocolate in a Charlie-sized mug to warm up our toes!(Look at his little pinkie sticking out!  After he saw me using the handle of my mug, he had to hold his mug that way too, even though his fingers wouldn’t fit through the hole in the handle!)  “Yep, I definitely approve of this stuff!” “Bottoms up!”

Thanks for meandering with us!