Fall

We are winding down our trip here in IL.  Today it is rainy and windy so we are once again stuck inside and the kids are doing schoolwork.  Well, Andrew is doing his school work and Grace thinks she is.  Grannylou is helping him which is great because it gives me a chance to blog.  We've enjoyed watching the leaves change and fall off the trees but haven't really had enough to rake up until today and it is raining. Hopefully on Monday we can rake up a big pile and play in it.  Saturday and Sunday we are going to St. Louis, MO to visit the zoo and participate in Boo at the Zoo on Saturday.  The kids will get to wear their Halloween costumes and go trick or treating and then play games and be in the costume parade along with seeing all the animals.  On Sunday we are going to a train museum and they are having their fall festival that day.  We didn't plan it around those activities just happened to be the only time we could go and it works for us.  Two days full of fun right before we leave to go home.  I asked Andrew if he was ready to go home to see daddy in a few days and he said he wants to go to the zoo and see the trains first....sorry Daddy but that's more exciting right now!  Hope you enjoy a few of the pictures I have taken recently when we went to visit my dad and Kathy.  We took the kids to the park and had a great day.  Lots of pretty trees to take pictures of.