October in Chicago

A pause during our recent leaf hunt.

The girls (Leila, Sofie and Mimi) play ring o' roses with Dada

Our sitting room feels full of toddlers when Martha brings the merry quartet back to the apartment at 4pm.

Martha has got them to do something peaceful for a while

Little kid-free interlude while I boast once again about my tomato crop (which continues to THIS DAY - late October)

playdo session

Here is our workaday teapot, gorgeously bedecked in playdo by Jacob

Here are some snaps of the mysterious mini-pumpkin game, in which participants are nude, but adorned with jewels.

Rufus provides the soundtrack