Wordless Wednesday

Winter: MOVE OVER Autumn! It’s MY turn now!

Autumn: Oh Winter, we go through this every year. Father Time has been very clear. The first day of You isn’t until December 21st and it’s only December 7th. I have a full two weeks left. You’ll get your turn soon enough.

Winter: Nope.  Now.  I’m bored.  Move over.  My turn.  Now! 

Autumn: Good cranberry sauce and gravy Winter, you are such a barbarian. Why can’t you be more like Spring and I? Sweet, sophisticated and short. Everyone loves us.

Winter: Summer and I think you stink.

Autumn: That’s lovely and so mature. Mother Nature truly has to teach you some manners.

Winter: Shut up. You are just a skinny stupid little season. I’m the biggest season. I’m BAD ASS!  Aww yeah.  And for the record, I can get out whenever I want.  I’m so busting through you and openin’ up my cold can of Whoop Ass. I’m gonna tear it up down there.  Oh and I can totally kick your ass too, Autumn.

Autumn: Has anyone ever told you you’re a pig?  You act like you were just created.  And seriously, where did you get that foul mouth of yours?  

Winter: From Summer.

Autumn: No wonder Mother Nature put Spring and I in between you two.  “Ooh look how HOT I can get.  Ooh look how COLD I can get and long I can last.”   Male seasons.  Never a good idea.

Winter: Whatever.  Hey, your Halloween is showing.

Autumn: You are mildly retarded, you know that.  What does that even mean? Did Father Time drop you on your head when you were a baby season?   Wait!  Where are you going?  Stop!  It’s not your time!  They aren’t ready for you, WINTER!  Stop it!  Hey! Ouch! That hurts! Get off me!

Winter:  As I said, I’m bored, it’s my turn and I’m outta here, Sista!  See ya later Fall-i-gator.

Autumn: MOTHER NATURE! Help! He’s getting out!  Son of a Jack O’ Lantern. Sorry everyone…I tried.

Winter: Whaddup world!  Here I am! 

Would ya take a look at dis! 

Awwww yeah.   God I’m gooooood!

Winter is officially in da hizouse!!!  BAM!

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(happy earth day!)

Sunday afternoon, after being pelted by yet another Nerf dart, I knew I had to get the boy outside to run him. 

“Hey Ben!  Want to go skateboarding?”
“YES!!!”

So off we went to the Church parking lot across the street.   Which is the good Jewish boy’s favorite place to skateboard. 

It was the perfect fall day.  Sunny yet with that very crisp, end of October air. 

It felt so heavenly to get out of the house and away from my continual fight with the laundry.

After the boy got all his “tricks” out of his system I suggested we take a walk.   To which he happily agreed.  We walked and walked.  All the time talking and ranking the houses we walked by as either ”creepy” or “super cute” or “NO WAY!”

The scenery was just ridiculous.  The blue sky against the color of the leaves slays me.

Can you tell I have a mad crush on this time of year?  I LOVE YOU FALL AND I DON’T CARE WHO KNOWS IT!

Ben and I were so into our walk that when we finally got to a corner, we realized we had no idea where we were.  Now Internet, I have lived in Madison for oh, 36 years.  Not only that but I have lived in this neighborhood for almost all those 36 years.  (save 10 years in Minneapolis but still…)

Granted it didn’t take long to figure out where we were and how far we had walked, but it was such a bizarre feeling to be on streets that I had never before walked.   Bizarre in a great exciting way. 

As we were walking back, holding hands and laughing at how we could get lost in our OWN neighborhood, I had one of those overwhelming feelings of sheer happiness.   One of those feelings that almost take your breath away. 

As those close to me know, I’m hardly religious.  But Sunday, in that moment, while I looked down at my son, my buddy, my best friend, I found myself saying quietly to myself, “Thank you God for this child. I truly don’t know what my life would be without him and I’m sure glad I never have to find out.”

And to me, this is what Sunday’s should be about.

Fall is definitely my favorite season.  (I know I said that about summer too but hey, I’m fickle with my seasons.) I love the temperatures, the change of color in the world, the sweaters and of course, the GREATEST HOLIDAY EVER is at the end of this month. 

This past weekend didn’t disappoint the Fall lover in me.  It was the most amazing autumn weekend I can remember.  The temperatures were in the high 70’s with no humidity and the colors of the leaves were ridiculous.  They looked like something out of a Disney movie.

Needless to say, Ben and I spent a lot of time outside this weekend.  How could you possibly be indoors when you know that evil Winter is peeking around the corner, ready to pounce? 

This guy is right outside our apartment building.  He’s cute.  And pretty. 

And speaking of cute, check out who I found underneath that tree:

Now I know what he’ll look like in 2018 for his senior picture.  But Benjamin, I have told you many times now.  STOP GROWING UP!  That’s an order!  And this time I really mean it.

Oh and to all my friends who read this blog and are on my Christmas card list?  Um, please act surprised when you get this picture in the mail on say December 15th. 

This beauty I found driving Ben home from a play date.  And yes, I am THAT lady who pulls over on the side of the road to take a picture.   To the guy behind me who I greatly confused ; sorry.  But seriously, LOOK AT THIS TREE!

I just might have a big girl crush on this one.

You know what else was super pretty this weekend?   This current poll . 

Obama 49%
McCain 41%

Isn’t that gorgeous?  If those numbers don’t make a hard core Democrat girl swoon, I’m not sure what will.

(Is anyone else immensely impressed that I somehow turned a post about Fall into yet another post about Obama? I’m a political Ninja, I tell ya.)

Wordless Wednesday

Something weird has been going on as of late. 
We registered Ben for school.   We went school supply shopping.  The weather has been turning somewhat cooler at night.  The calendar is saying it’s past August 20th.   And the school hot lunch menu is back on our fridge.

It’s just sorta weird.  But it DOESN’T MEAN anything.  Nope.  Not a thing.  Some MIGHT assume that summer is almost over and school is starting.  But that’s just silly.  It was just the 4th of July.  Like last week.  Right?

And maybe I just wanted to buy Ben some pencils and a new backpack for his summer drawings and for camp.  Yes, camp is technically over but I’ll just make my OWN camp for him. 

“Get your gimp out, boy!  Let’s melt down these candles and make new ones!  Who wants to SING?!  Anyone up for Tie-Dying t-shirts?”

And to make matters worse, my bookworm suck-up kid is all, “I’m so excited for school!  When does it start?!? How many more days?!”  To which I reply, “Oh I don’t know.  Who cares!  Get your suit on.  We are going to the pool!!!” 

Yes I’m clearly in severe denial, but I do still have one full week before this stupid school thing starts and the stupid pool closes and stupid people say summer is over.  (Maturity is my strong suit.  I’m also SUPER good with change.  Can you tell?)

You better believe I’m going to milk this last week for all it’s worth.  Today we went to the pool for the last time this season.  You could see myself and many others trying to soak up as much sun as possible; as if it could get us through the long cold winter that looms ahead.

I seriously choked up as we were leaving and saying, “Bye pool, see you next summer…”

I will be brave.  I will enjoy fall in Madison.  I will have fun at the Badger football games and Halloween IS my favorite holiday. 

But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to look at this picture of the official Boy Of Summer every other day with longing in my eyes.