Say bye-bye to beautiful autumn. I love it when the leaves turns their color in autumn. When the fall time comes, this means that the pile of leaves is here. Since our house is a town -home apartment, we didn't have to do all the raking stuffs. But my kids are pretty much excited when they get a chance to pile up all the fallen leaves from the maple tree in front of our house. I loved to see all those happy faces when they jumped on the pile of leaves. Who doesn't? Moreover u can hear the crunchiness sound, the same sound you hear when you're eating cereals. :)) I can just sit down and watch them playing and giggling happily. It does make me happy.
My girls would love to picked up the leaf piles and throw it to one another. Or blow it to the air just like in the movies, or sprinkle it on others head. I can't get angry with them when it was so much fun! I felt like a good mother. And u couldn't explain the feelings when your kids said thank you and appreciate you so much when they were really having so much fun for letting them go outside and play.
"Why the leaves change color mommy?" I never expected this question from my 30 months old girl one day as i was doing my chores. Trying my best to answer her question this is about Fall that i learn. Lets talk about Fall.
As summer ends and autumn comes , the days get shorter and shorter. When the days get shorter they is less sunlight. With the shorter days the leaves can't make as much food and the chlorophyll begins to disappear. So in the fall we start seeing the others color in the leaf that the chlorophyll was blocking. If the temperature is too hot or too cold, the leaves are not as bright. If the days are sunny and warm but the nights are cool without being too cold the colors are brighter. ( sources: Kids wiki )
Kids pictures at Lake Catherine, Arkansas. We went there last month for a camping trips. Having lots of fun. :)
