Fun with leaves

We spent our first full weekend at home, this past weekend! It was great! Although Sydney was getting over her virus, thankfully we were on the tail end of it and by Saturday night things were looking good. We had Erin and Caitlin stay with us on Friday night (dad is out hunting with Jim in SD). We enjoyed dinner at Old Chicago and rented a couple of movies. After a few techinal difficulties hooking up the DVD player we were finally able to watch the movie....well, Erin was. Caitlin and I were both asleep 15 mins into the movie....guess I will be rewatching that one. :) We took the girls dress shopping on Saturday (which by the way, I have decided I hate ((yes, I said hate)) shopping with a 2 1/2 year old. (I would love to go shopping with some girlfriends and actually get to try on clothes or just look at stuff without a whining kid in the stroller.....if anyone is interested, let me know. :)) The girls were both successful in finding dresses and shoes....they look so good...so grown up (wish I had gotten a picture). We dropped the girls off at their mom's on Saturday night and then it was just Sydney and me. On Sunday our only plan for the day was to go to Target and hang out at home....just what we both needed. After our trip to Target (which was completed without any whining...by either of us...haha!), we spent some time outside in our lovely, big backyard. I met one of our neighbors (I had met the wife at the neighborhood picnic). We had a nice chat....I love meeting our new neighbors...have I said lately that I love my new house...because I do. Okay, back to the fun in the backyard.....Sydney had a ball playing in the Bo's kennel, running around and playing in the leaves. Although I hate shopping with her, she really is a great kid. She has the funniest sense of humor and can be so sweet at times (I love it when she rubs her hands on my cheeks). I dug out my good 35m camera and shot an entire roll of film of her playing outside....below are some of my favorites.