The Hunt for Red September

STILL PICKIN': Our cherry tomatoes are coming on strong. I sure hope we get some more sunshine so that all the little green ones can come to fruition.

Speaking of green fruit, I noticed we have a couple of strawberries growing in our planter along the alley. It would be cool if we get to harvest those in October! We've also got a tomatillo or two that just might make it if the weather cooperates. Fingers crossed ...

ALL FALL DOWN: Mr. Golden Sun was certainly shining this morning and the temperatures climbed to just over 80 this afternoon. Guess summer isn't going without a fight!

I wanted to get the kids out of the house away from TVs and computer screens, so we struck out for Discovery Park. I thought that would be a good place to look for traces of fall. We certainly found hundreds and thousands of leaves that have fallen, as well as shades of brown and yellow instead of just green. Unfortunately, we didn't find any red leaves. During our walk we reviewed things we've learned about fall and why leaves change color.

Once we reached the playground, you know the kids were all over the zip line!

Back at home, the kids did some reading, a looong math assignment (a chapter review), and also did some taste testing, as I was working on a cake project. (CJ thinks Nutella infused buttercream frosting is 2 die 4, BTW).

The kids also did some taste testing tonight on a mystery shop assignment we had. They're getting to be pretty experienced little mystery shoppers!

Tomorrow morning we're off the The Museum of Flight at Boeing Field. We can't wait!