first day of fall

as i am lying awake in my bed thinking of all the million things i need to do, 

a blond curly-headed little girl walks in.

i can hear the dragging of her feet in her house shoes and as she turns the corner around my bed, 

i see her tying her pink sock-monkey robe really tight.  

she comes towards me and leans on the bed. knowing very well that it is the first day of fall,

she asks me, "mom, can i look out the window to see if leaves are falling?"

i smile and put my hand on her face as to take a mental picture of how sweet she is at the age of 6. she then responds very seriously, "what? i love jumping in big piles of leaves!"

after telling her yes, she makes her way over to the window and peeks out the blinds. 

"nope. no leaves. but our tree is growing."

she then drags her little feet out of my room, very disappointed that the first day of fall 

didn't deliver the leaves that she had been hoping for.

side note: 

our neighborhood is fairly new and there are not many large trees around. 

the tree in the front yard, that she peeked at, doesn't even lose it's leaves.

the tree in our backyard only has 5 leaves left from the summer. 

this might be as hard as trying to get snow on Christmas day ;)

happy first day of fall everyone!