Oh man, fall is my secret love. Secret because, being named Summer, summer is supposed to be my favorites season. It's great, but I love the cool weather and the vibrant colors that make up autumn.
It is imperative for my mental health to get out of the house each day, and it is super good for the boys too. Today we got to combine our walk with a color search! Fall is perfect for this since there are SO many colors to see. Mono always likes to collect treasures on our walks- rocks, sticks, and berries are among his favorites. I can't even tell you how often I find his treasures in random places in our home. Anyway, he thought it was so fun that mama was collecting treasures with him today. He helped me look for all our fun colors, and it was the first time I heard him say many of the color names! It was a great activity.
He also loved helping me arrange our colorful leaves and berries. We sorted by color, size, and shape. But his favorite thing was putting the leaves all in a bowl, them dumping them back out. The white poster was the perfect background, since it brought out the vibrant colors! I'm thinking tomorrow we will collect leaves again, then I will color the poster different colors to help Mono figure out the sorting by color a little better.
