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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Bye bye autumn.. hello winter !

Happy first day of winter! We always associate winter with snow but it is warm and sunny here.in Dallas :) What a place! Weather in Dallas can be a joke. If today u experience cold weather, don't be surprised if its warm the next day. Weather can changed so much in a day.
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. :)  




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