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Our fall projects have become my favorite ever.  From the simple leaf tracing to the pumpkin decorating, we’ve been having a great time.  We made pumpkin cookies the other day, and she loves putting sprinkles on them. 

My cooking has changed with the season, and it’s become a project for us to do together, too.  I’ve been making more soups and stews, because this time of year, I just look forward to that:  the cold evenings with a bowl of soup and a thick slice of bread and butter.  I like simple homemade foods like that the best.  Buttercup, who is an avid little chef in her makeshift pretend kitchen, loves to toss ingredients into the soups.  We wash our hands, I chop everything up, and she puts it in the crock-pot.  Everything I cook with her just tastes better :)  It always reminds me of watching my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother in the kitchen together.  How I miss my great-grandma’s bread rolls…

At the park, we’ve been finding so many of those fascinating bits of nature that fall to the earth.  The leaves are gorgeous.  The park has such a broad spectrum of trees that the shades and types of leaves are endless.  Those tiny acorns with their little hats that could be used as bowls for fairy food, the walnuts fallen, round and smelling lime and spiced:  like cloves but greener in scent.  Even the geese flying over are a show-stopping event, she hears them coming and looks up to find them flying in their formation.  It’s just such a strikingly beautiful time of year to be with a toddler.  It’s not too hot, not too cold, and the world is changing so quickly:  she’s stimulated and relaxed because she’s interested in it.  My little gal, how she keeps me inspired.

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