Fall Discoveries

Everyone always talks about New England, and Vermont, falls. We're trying to take advantage of it. Lizzy and I were shown an awesome park last week in Jericho. We decided to go exploring a little more today while we had a little sunshine.

Our "before" picture.

Now for some of our discoveries.
(Please excuse my very unprofessional photography. I wish I could do the fall justice.)

A lot of the trees have changed, but many are still green. I like the mixture.

It makes things "pop!"

You enter the park through a darling little bridge.
There are all sorts of bridges in Vermont.
I'm not used to living by so many rivers.

More water. A cute little pond.
Please note the nice blue sky. It didn't last long.


A red leaf.
We discovered many, many leaves.


I really liked this path.
It wasn't the most colorful, but it smelled like rotting leaves -- like fall.


Aren't they pretty? They're so perfectly whispy.


Mount Mansfield.
It's the tallest mountain in Vermont -- if it can be considered a mountain.
I still have my doubts.


A large, very fuzzy caterpillar.
Lizzy and I named him Tigger.


Lizzy on my back. Not an easy picture to take.
Notice the string of drool.


Pop!


Isn't it a cute little fungus? And look how pretty the moss is.

Vermont colors.

My attempt to get a picture of Lizzy and me.

I think it turned out pretty good.

First Word?

So when do sounds become first words?

We've been working on Lizzy's sounds: Da, Ma, Ba, etc. We walked past her ball in the family room and she said, "Ba. Ba." Later we were playing with the ball, she said, "Ba," again and hit the ball.


I think that counts.

New Mittens

Now we just need to try them outside.