Yay, good to hear you are coming around. My kids just love playing in the leaves. I've been surprised at how well the colours have lasted this year, and think it's due to the Maples not having spots on their leaves. I was so surprised because I though they must all have some disease, the last 5 years they've always had brownish spots on them by autumn. But this year the leaves look perfect, so perhaps it was due to the weather?!