cold and colourful

Ok, so it's getting cold... it has already gotten as cold here than it ever does in Cuauhtemoc... and I'm getting cold. I think everyone is laughing at me wearing long johns, touques and mitts already (in fact, I know they are!). But just for the record, and to prove it's not just the Canadian weather: I always wear long johns at these temperatures... have for the last 4 years!

I don't think the kids are as cold as I am...they're still biking to school wearing only sweaters.

We drove to Saskatoon for a wedding this weekend. The weather warmed up on Saturday afternoon so we headed to the reception early enough to take a walk on the Mewasin Trail down by the river, where we took this picture. The kids had lots of fun climbing on and around the bandstand. We noticed that it was almost like a Mexican plaza with the bandstand in the centre of the park. The noteable exception being that we were allowed to walk on the grass, of course. Ezra found about a million ladybugs there.

Ezra needed to take a bunch of leaves to school for a math/science activity so we all went leaf-collecting together before supper yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and the trees were looking gorgeous. There are so few deciduous trees in Cuauhtemoc that it doesn't make for a very colorful season. We haven't had such a beautiful fall for a very long time and are thoroughly enjoying it.