2nd day of sun

It was another great day, weather-wise, so we made sure to spend quality time soaking up some much needed Vitamin D outside this afternoon.  The boys played in the sandbox with their snow shovels (yes, I did say snow shovels) and took turns going down the swing set slide while I used the leaf blower to make short work of the 1^st batch of leaves that fell from the trees.  I’m pretty sure I already knew this, but I was amazed at how much faster it is to BLOW the leaves than RAKE them.  All total, I figure it took about 3 hours to clean up the backyard – that’s counting a couple of pit-stops and time for putting Lincoln down for his nap.  If I had been solely raking, I’m sure it would have taken at least twice as long.  My hard work was quickly hidden by newly fallen leaves, but at I’m glad we made a dent in what always proves to be a never-ending task in the fall.

Earlier in the day, the kids had fun wearing the fire chief hats they picked up last night at the firestation.  I love how Lincoln prefers to wear his backwards.  🙂