Lots Of Leaves

We decided to continue the leaf theme from school today--at home.

First to make it smell like fall, Gracie and I cut up the apples we got a the orchard yesterday and we made apple pies. I guess that counts for making it taste like fall too since we enjoyed those pies after dinner.

We also pulled the fall decorations out of storage and got our apartment all festive and now it looks like fall inside.

After Gracie's nap I let her make her own snack, and it came out very pretty and tasty. I used a very neat leaf cookie cutter (thrift store find!) to make leaf shapes out of tortillas. Then I let her brush the leaves with melted butter and sprinkle on a mixture of cinnamon & sugar (with a little red and orange sugar sprinkles for color). Then we baked for about 4 minutes. They came out crispy and very yummy, plus the crackling sound of baked leaves made them pretty realistic and it sounded a lot like fall.

Once her snack was gobbled all up, Gracie got to make some more fall for the house. I found this cute idea online to make fingerprint trees. We painted Gracie's hand brown and made her hand print in to branches. We painted some grass and tree trunks, and then she used her fingers to make colorful leaves to fill those branches. Mommy helped too, and I loved the finished project so much it is on display in our living room.

In addition to crafts and treats, we heard about fall today too. I pulled out our massive fall book collection that was also downstairs and we read books about fall leaves including: Pooh's Leaf Pile, Clifford: Big Leaf Pile, Autumn Leaves, Ruby's Falling Leaves, Fall Leaves Fall.

It feels like fall already!

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