A spring day with Autmn!

I had the unexpected opportunity tonight to spend a delightful evening with Autmn!  Her dad was working late – Chris was at the sitters – so I popped over to check on Autmn and just decided to stay with her until he got home.

She was just getting ready to make cheesy garlic shells for supper, but stuck them off to the side to take a walk with me.  We went in a big loop, and she pointed out all her friends’ houses, who lived where, and what grade they were in.  We talked about the PSSA’s (State testing at school), wearing shorts to school, and a bee in her classroom.

After she cooked and ate her shells, we talked about favorite foods (KRAFT macaroni and cheese, canned sliced potatoes, tacos, mashed potatoes!), and tried to find Tigress the cat, who was hiding somewhere … well enough so we couldn’t find her.  It was stuffy in the house, so we went out for another walk, and went the other direction this time.

There’s a quaint little creek (crik???) below their plan, and the kids love to play down there.  They have their little secret entrances and special places – Chrissy even found a $20 bill floating there a few weeks ago!  Autmn took a second to show me her favorite spot, and climbed on the branch of a fallen tree for a photo shoot.  It really did look inviting, and very fun, as I’m a creek kind of girl myself.

We walked back home, and came across a back yard full of violets, clover and dandelions in bloom.  It was so inviting you wanted to take your shoes off and just run around – but Autmn sternly warned me about the bee possibility.  So I refrained.

A big thanks to Autmn for the lovely evening – and even though I had a chore list waiting for me at my house, it was well worth the trade off to spend those hours with my Miss Autmn!