Happy Winter... What? Isn't it supposed to be Fall?

So much to do, so little time.  Did you know that it's almost Halloween?  Seriously!  How did that happen?  It seems like school just started yesterday.  Craziness!  I feel like I still have so much to do!

And speaking of crazy, the weather here is insane.  We went from summer to very cool fall in a days time.  Fall was here for a week and now it's winter for sure.  It's been snowing on and off every day.  We've got highs in the low 40's... yes LOW 40's!  Recess duty went from a nice ray of sunshine to a winter coat and a wool hat in the matter of 2 weeks.  It makes me sad, I love fall, the beautiful changing colors, the cooler nights and warm days.  And it's already gone.  We put two new trees in our backyard this spring, they're beautiful Autumn Blaze maples, the leaves turn a vibrant deep red in the fall, they're beautiful.  Problem is with this crazy weather, they only half turned red and they're still on the tree for the most part.  The tree is even upset about this weather!

The first day it snowed there was literally a skiff, but the kids were so excited about it that it didn't matter at all.  They were determined and the built a snowman.  Okay so he was a hairy snowman because he was covered in grass but the did it!

Okay so in the spirit of trying to remain positive.... one good thing about this weather?  Well hunting for deer should be much easier.  The cold weather gets the deer moving around here.  Now I just need to find time to go to the woods and hunt... anyone have some time to spare?