A fall day in the Pacific Northwest

Can you find the boy running in the photo below? Arms stretched wide, face turned toward the wind, joy in every step...he's wearing camo (his new pattern of choice) from head to toe, so if you can't see him, look harder. He's there. Right in the middle among the shadows. Camo really does work, doesn't it?

Here you go...a much better image of the boy in clear sight. This little man (who turns 3 in 10 days!) collects everything when we go on outings. I need to remember to always carry some sort of container or bag with us when we go. Today I forgot. And wished I hadn't. B decided to take photos of everything he loves and then we had to bring it all home with us. Check out the evidence below.
The pine cones he found and set up just for this shot. Not bad, hu?
He thought this red leaf peaking out from all the other brown ones was cool. He snapped a photo and then added it to our collection of sticks and pine cones.
This is the MOTHER SHOT. I love it. I can't believe he took it. Honestly. He wanted to bring home the mushrooms. A mom's gotta say, "No" to somethings though, doesn't she? I draw the line at fungus. And yes, there are the pine cones and the red leaf from previous photos. BUT, he dropped the red leaf and it landed like this, which inspired the placing of the pine cones and sparked the interest in the mushrooms to begin with.
Below are just a few images of the fall colors around our house. We feel like we live in a park. It is beautiful. If you're ever in the area, we would love to show you around. The weather has been deceptively nice. It isn't supposed to be 66 and sunny (especially sunny) in November in Washington. We know the rain will start soon, but for now we are sure grateful for the sun.



And there you have it...a quick tour of our neighborhood and a small demonstration of my 2 year old son's mad photography skills and a Fall day in our corner of the continent. It isn't New England, but we'll take it.