Playing in the Leaves

What else should a group of kids do on a lazy Sunday afternoon in late October but play in the leaves?!  My handsome hubby had just swept the lawn and dumped the leaves into a pile at the end of our garden when little Byerly #3 noticed this awesome play opportunity.  She begged her 2 older sisters to join in her in the fall time fun.  They ran and jumped into the pile and spread it out in a matter of minutes ... Daddy to the rescue!  My handsome hubby fired up the John Deere and began reforming the leaf pile after every few jumps.  Pretty soon the kids were jumping into the pile while he was still dumping buckets of leaves and so the leaves were dumped onto them.  This became part of the fun.  The kiddos dove into the center of the pile and daddy dumps a bucket of leaves on top of them.

Before long Paige was yelling, "Dump me. Dump me!"  So, he did.  She climbed into the bucket and he raised it up over the center of the leaf pile and dumped her into it.  All 3 "big" girls took turns being dumped while Harlie watched from the safety of the yard.  

I didn't notice until I started uploading the pictures here but Emma appears to be plugging her nose in every picture where she is being dumped.  Haha!  That girl kills me.  Anyway, they all took a few turns being dumped and everyone had a great time!  I explained to them when we were finished that they are very lucky little girls.  When I played with leaves as a child I had 3 things: a sister, a rake and trash bags that were expected to be filled and thrown in the dumpster by the time we were finished playing! 

Thanks for stopping by to check in on my 4 little Byerlys.  Have a great day!