We haven’t raked the leaves in our yard since last December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, with our favorite Christmas playlist<\/a> on in the background, we finally<\/strong> tackled it. A few of the interesting things we found: a cute baby snake, a Target receipt<\/a>, and my oldest’s missing mitten from last winter. Clearly, it was time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Approximately 5.2 minutes into the raking, I peered over the baby strapped to my chest to see how big a pile I’d made. I’ve changed diapers more substantial than my sad little pile of leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I looked up to the rest of the yard. Absolutely COVERED in leaves. And I sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ty looked up from his (much more impressive) pile. “What’s up?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Are we doing the whole<\/em> yard today?” I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I was thinking about it. Do you need to work on something else?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Well, it’s just that we have a long list of stuff to do today,” I whined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Like what?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I blinked. “I don’t know, it just feels like we had a long list.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He walked up to kiss me on the cheek. “I’m good out here if you want to run in and work on something else. But I love having you out here with me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bonus:<\/strong> As a bonus for joining my weekly newsletter, get a free printable<\/a> you can fill out to create a one-of-a-kind gift that your loved one will treasure forever.<\/p>\n\n\n