Fall-Ing

These two can - and do - fight like cats and dogs. They look innocent enough, but turn your back for one second (or don't!) and you can be sure that one or the other will be letting out a blood curdling shriek because someone:

a) took something that wasn't rightfully theirs
b) looked at something that wasn't rightfully theirs
c) touched/ate/bit/pinched/slapped/hid/threw something that wasn't rightfully theirs

Supposedly.

Our house is loud. And my yelling, growling and pleas to "STOP PUSHING EACH OTHER AND GET YOUR SHOES ON. WE. ARE. LATE." are often the loudest of all.
But the sun came out this afternoon. And we didn't have to be anywhere. So we ditched the list of errands, and headed outside into this glorious scene in search of the biggest fallen leaf....with a prize for the winner and first runner up! Something magical happened while we were out there.....

But first, we had to make a pit stop at the park where Liam promptly removed his boots and socks so he could fill them all up with pebbles. At least he gave one to Sarah to fill.....


Next stop, some late season blackberries!


Sarah's was sour....
On to the Leaf Hunt! (The red one there turned out to be our winner. Either we're not very good at finding big leaves, or it's a little too early for this game!)

Found some more!


No leaves, but when you're this cute it doesn't matter if you play by the rules!


Something strange is happening here. The only "Time Out" we've had so far is to check out a beetle on the sidewalk!


Sarah doesn't have anything against these flowers...that's just her "sniffing face"....


Back home to measure up the leaves and declare our winner(s)! They're so excited they forgot to push/bite/hit/pinch each other!


Oh my gosh! What is happening here?! Have we entered....The Twilight Zone?!....


Alas, it didn't last. They each received a "prize" of one animal cracker...Liam for "Biggest Leaf" and Sarah for "Yellow-est Leaf". But I faux pas-ed and gave Sarah the pig cracker, Liam the horse. Liam cried foul. And to make matters worse, Sarah grabbed and tore one of Liam's leaves and the tentative peace treaty was called off.
Sigh.
It gets loud.
That's just how it is.