We do not own a trampoline – because, as I remind the girls every time they ask for one, when you have a hill in your backyard, it’s difficult to find enough of a flat area to put something like that. But, since my friend Mary’s family has a trampoline in their yard, the girls get their fill every time we visit.

Mary’s kids have learned to get creative when it comes to finding new ways to play on their trampoline. Back in August, the kids all had a blast with the sprinkler underneath the trampoline, spraying water up for them to all jump in. And a couple of weeks ago, when I took Hannah and Becca down there to visit for the weekend, it was all about the leaves.

Oh they jumped for a while first…

But then they started piling the leaves on, and suddenly created a whole new dynamic. They threw them up in the air…

…threw them at each other…

…and even (attempted to) throw them at me.

Then they buried each other.

And Hannah even made quite a few ‘leaf angels’, lol.

Notice the shade difference between the top and bottom of Hannah’s jeans in that last photo? The leaves were a bit on the wet side, and by the time the kids came inside, they were soaked. Becca kept forgetting to put her shoes back on when she walked through the grass, and ended up going through a good 4 to 5 pairs of socks that afternoon.

But watching their faces as they ran, jumped and played in the leaves that day made the extra laundry afterward more than worth it.

Mary does assure me though, that the trampoline will be taken down for the winter long before any chance of jumping in the snow. Oh well.