Fall Fun

November 12, 2013

After a rainy start to our fall out here on the west coast we have been lucky to get a few sunny days to get outside. Rain or shine we are playing outside daily (even if we did not want to the rain only seems to heighten Fin's interest in the outdoors) but on the sunny days we tend to bring out the camera a bit more so here are a few pics of what we have been up to.

Seamus wants nothing more than to just pull up on something and stand their smiling proudly.  He has begun to work on "cruising" from object to object that he grabs a hold of. 

We are in our backyard on our little tykes play cube. Shay and I played in the back yard. I did some gardening and Seamus side stepped his way around the play cube.  It was really a perfect practice place as he could happily work on his cruising but had a cushy landing for when he fell.

In early November we made a leaf pile for Finlay and Seamus to play in.  It quickly became one of Finlay's new favourite places and he asks to go there on a daily basis.

Some days are wetter then others so here Finlay plays in his Newt Suit 

I did an action shot of Finlay running and jumping into the leaves.  He really liked it!

Off he goes!

And celebrates by throwing leaves in the air.  I was unable to get any photographic proof but Finlay was quite insistent that after every time he dove into the leaves I would have to follow.  He loved the game and showed little concern over my explanation that leaves did not really break the fall of someone of my weight. So, over and over again I jumped on the ground... Fun?

We have some friends that are also big lovers of spending time outside. We have an ongoing arrangement to meet with them.  Here Finlay is at Saxe Point. It is a park with lots of grass, woods and rocky beaches to play on.  Fin was very excited to find a cave (of sorts) that he could climb down into and get close to the water.

The mist was heavy that day - Fin and I just stood looking out over the water. We are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place

Fin really seems to love the ocean.

And here is a great pic of Mom and Fin playing some dress up games! We are slowly starting to build up a supply of costumes for all the kids at daycare but we were just having fun with different hats today!