Sidewalk Chalk

This fall has been absolutely beautiful in Washington. We have had a ton of sunshine, much more than I can remember for the past few years, and the leaves have been beautiful as a result of it. The kids have also been able to do a lot more outside play then usual, which is nice for them and for the moms. :) Of course, this week we have had torrential rain, but you can't really complain after the beautiful weeks we had before!

During the week of Halloween the kids had early release at 11:30 every day to accommodate parent/teacher conferences in the afternoons. This, coupled with the sun, gave everyone in our cul-de-sac a lot of time for creativity. The day before Halloween Lynnae and her friend Courtney wanted to go outside and use some sidewalk chalk. We had a whole bucket that we had barely touched from the summer... so I handed it over to them. As soon as they started, the rest of the kids in the cul-de-sac came out to join them. Within two hours our street had some of the most coverage in chalk that I have ever seen! They used over half of the chalk and had so much fun doing it.

The rain came the next day, but it took 2 days for the chalk to fade away. It was a really fun day for everyone on the street, and it was fun for me to see them out there again like they were during the summer!