Fall Leaves 2017
Greetings to all.
Although today's outdoors offered plenty of sunshine and warmth, Xavier chose to spend the day in the house. He played with his Tinker Toys, then settled into his YouTube video routine.
After about an hour of YouTubing, Dad (whose had been "dialed in" to the office most of the day) asked Xavier, "Do you want to play outside?"
That answer back: "No. I'm OK."
Looking out the window at the sunny day and the gentle, warm breeze moving through the trees, and the trees raining leaves, I rephrased my question. "Xavier, would you like to go outside and play in the leaves?"
"Oh Yeah!" came the exuberant reply.
Off went the TV; on went the shoes.
We found two rakes and soon amassed a pile taller than Xavier (who, by the way is 38 and 3/4 inches tall—he wanted to know how tall he was earlier today, so we found out).
Xavier then enjoyed time outdoors. He dug into the leaf pile. He buried himself in the leaves. He burrowed through the leaves. Later, he brought his heavy earth-moving equipment to bear on the leaves to move portions of the pile to other locations.
Xavier got some outdoor time, but so did Dad, who sat and watched him play.