Bonus Autumnal Toddler Blogging

We had freakishly good weather today, so I went outside to get some raking done. SteelyKid came out with me to help:

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We also got some video of the Dinosaur Leaf Attack game we were playing, but YouTube is struggling with the file for some reason or another, so I can't post that. The important bits are in this picture, anyway: leaves, SteelyKid, big smiles and laughing.

I'm going to focus on this, and try to pretend that football didn't happen today.

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