To be a kid again

I think one of the greatest things about having children is reliving the best parts of your childhood through them. There is nothing as amazing as Halloween or Christmas morning viewed through the eyes of your own children. But the thrill doesn't have to come from the grandiose or exceptional. It can also come about in the simple, ordinary, every day stuff. Raking leaves, for example:





Just off camera, Mark is raking leaves onto them. And they are loving it.







I love this one. Doesn't it make you want to go flop down in a big pile of leaves?



Daddy gets in on the action.



I adore this picture.



And now the fun is over. The girls are heading inside for a snack and poor Mark is left to finish the job by himself. It sure stinks being a grown-up sometimes.