Raking Leaves is a Great Family Activity

This guest post from Lenny Mcknight

Fall is here again, and it's time to get the yard ready for the season. As much as my family loves to look at all the leaves outside on the ground, it's not a good idea to leave them there for too long. If you do, you risk them staying adhered to the ground until the springtime, because the snow will come and freeze, covering them up and making them impossible to rake.

So last Saturday, the kids and I set out to tackle the yard. We took some trash bags outside, set the home security alarm from www.ALLHOMESECURITY.com, and spent the entire day outside raking and making big piles of colorful, crunchy leaves. Of course, they had to jump in the first few piles, and I even joined them in a jump when we had made a particularly large pile. So after we had raked the leaves again, we then bagged them up and set them out for the next day's trash pickup.

When we were all done outside, we went back in and made a round of steaming hot chocolate. The kids had a great time, even adding in a few marshmallows each. We sat around and laughed about our day together, and planned out how we will carve our pumpkin this year. Raking leaves will definitely always be one of my favorite fall activities.

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