Last Days of Fall

 Having raked all of the leaves, the children have tuned to practicing gymnastics on the grass. Here are the two youngest in the fields behind our house (the little one is wearing a pair of play eye glasses):

First Skate

 Theoretically, they have skated this season, but this was their first family skate since ringette and hockey and all team sports were put on hold:

The First Snow Has Melted

 Early Tuesday morning my 7-year old woke me up to announce that it had snowed! The girls quickly changed, ate their breakfast, and were ready for school much earlier than usual. They dressed in their snow suits for the first time since last winter. The snow has since melted, and we have had some very warm weather...Here they are in the short-lived snow: