It is officially December and are leaves have finally fallen. We decided to rake up the mess and then play. The neighbor kids love to come too.
We had to work really hard before we played. It started out cold, but after a few minutes of hard work, I was hot. I was sore for the next couple days too :) Jeff did not want to do this again, so he tried to get all the rest of the leaves off the tree. It was not very successful. 
Unfortunately, we stayed out so late with our little friends, that it was too dark to finish the job, and we still have to bag the leaves. What fun memories! I cannot wait until we have kids of our own to jump in with.
