A Chill in the Air

I think fall is on its way. While we have been having record temperatures in Rochester this week, the nights are cool and I'm loving it. With the cool nights the leaves are starting to change and driving around town is a pleasure this time of year. If I could bottle the fall season I most certainly would...it's my favorite time of the year.

While the little man is only two, I still joke that we needed to get him his school clothes, shoes and haircut. So last week we took a trip to Stride Rite at Eastview Mall and picked out a new pair of skids for the growing boy. He measured a 6.5, but we purchased a size 7 so he would have room to grow. A size 7 seems so big to me! Is that normal for a two year old?

Sporting his new shoes we then walked down the mall a little and went to The Children's Place where they were having a great sale! I bought him two pair of wind pants, a pair of cords, and two shirts for $30. I was excited and the little man had some clothes in sizes that would actually fit him as in pants that didn't fall down! You would think he would be wearing 24 months or 2T, but we just pulled his 12 months pants out of rotation and he is now wearing 18 months. He can wear some 18-24 month shirts, but they tend to run quite big on him. Needless to say...buying clothes ahead to take advantage of sales can be a challenge at times.

Over the weekend we took the little man for what I called his back to school haircut. We try to see the same girl at HairZoo. She is incredible with kids and he will let her use the clippers in the back and over his ears. Before this could be a bit of an issue. So he left with shorter hair and a Spongebob temporary tatoo for being so good!

The little man and I have been snuggling under a blanket at night before he heads off to bed and I have come to love that time together. He will nestle himself in and we don't have to do anything special, we just sit together and enjoy the quiet time. So things are going along and fall is in the air. Life is good and I'll take it!