Monday, October 17, 2011

eleven in autumn

My cousin celebrated his eleventh birthday yesterday. The weather was perfect for pumpkin-decorating, playing an adults versus kids basketball game, jumping on the trampoline, and chasing their dog Junior through the wooded backyard.
But, it was only after my aunt's apple crisp with vanilla ice cream that it really, truly felt like fall. On the other hand, the sugar headache that followed (and the fact that I remember the day Jake was born as if it were yesterday), just made me feel old.

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful autumn photos! That apple crisp looks divine. I love when food and the season go together so well.

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  2. i've been oscillating between feeling very old (interviewing for real-person jobs and realizing that people born in 1990 can by booze) and feel very young (spending lots of time with my cousin and her husband, who are 10 and 15 years older than i). it's all relative!

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  3. disregard the multiple typos in the above comment.

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  4. beautiful pics! whenever I go home and see kids I used to babysit and here they are in high school makes me feel really old :)

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  5. caitplusate.com: Thank you! I do too. Fall is my favorite for the apple/pumpkin/squash-everything :)

    Anna:True story!

    Pure2raw twins: Thanks, ladies. And I know! I can't imagine how old I'll feel in another decade, haha.

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  6. Those pumpkins are adorable. Miss you, girl! I might finally be back into the world of blogging.

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  7. Rose: Aren't they?! My cousins are talented. And, I miss you too! I'm so glad to have you back in the blogosphere. Hope you'll stay :).

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