A pre-Christmas craft and messes at our house

After several rainy days we got a sun break and Nathan and I went to find some leaves to play in. Unfortunately the leaves were quite wet. After taking a picture and throwing a couple in the air we headed home. We love playing with dry leaves on the ground...maybe next year.I bought some cinnamon scented pinecones and some tiny pompoms and Melissa made us some fun pinecone trees.Megan made some too. I really like them becuase they are tiny and cute and they smell good.I had my two new snowmen pose among the trees. Then I put the snowmen and trees away for another week. We don't decorate for Christmas here until after Thanksgiving.These are everyday messes at our house. Backpacks and binders on the bench, lots of shoes underneath and handmade art on the wall.Lots of colorful coats on the coat rack.Water bottles by the sink, waiting to be filled for another day of school.Lunch boxes on top of the microwave. I'm really glad for these messes. They show that I have lots of children, which are my greatest creations. I think I will miss these messes when my kids are all grownup and moved away.Here are two of my favorite kids, Sweet Megan and my little buddy Nathan.

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for being my friends and reading my blog. :)