Pumpkin Patch

As per our annual tradition, we took the boys to Grim's to pick our pumpkins again this year. Since Ryan just happened to have a Monday off we went around lunch time and we had the entire place to ourselves. There wasn't another pumpkin picker in sight!!

Aidan loved riding in the wagon and running around the patch looking at all the different pumpkins. He even tried to convince us to get a green one, haha! There was also a kid's hay maze, a small petting zoo, and a giant hay castle that had a slide on it.

We ended up with 2 pumpkins, and some apple cider (our favorite!!) and then headed home to place them out front until we're ready to carve one (Daddy's job) and paint the other (Aidan's job.)

I carried Mason strapped to my chest with the Baby Bjorn, but took him out for a few photo ops, which he cooperated very graciously for...even if I couldn't get Aidan to come sit next to him in the pumpkins... party pooper.

Gardening buddy

Last year when Michele told me she had planted one of her Mums in her flower bed I vowed to do the same this year. Michele's pretty Mum blooms each fall and I figure why not give it a whirl in my own flower bed with one of the gorgeous plants I got a few weeks ago.

I recruited Aidan to be my digging assistant, and he was thrilled to help "dig" in which he just played with the dirt, but he was even more excited when I found not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 worms for him to play with. Yeah I'm a cool mom.

But of course I started placing them all on the pumpkins on the sidewalk and they eventually inched off back in to the dirt when we weren't looking.

Mason hung out with us too, very contentedly enjoying the sunny but cool day, and Daddy even joined us to hang our orange halloween lights and giant spiderweb on the garage.

Picking apples with Poppy

My in-laws have an apple tree in their backyard which managed to keep Aidan occupied for hours.

He helped Poppy pick up all the apples that had fallen to the ground, and he even got some help picking one straight off the tree!!

he finally got it!!

He was running to me yelling "I got it Mommy! I got it!!"

Enjoying the "fruits of his labor" haha

Fall in NY

This past weekend we had the pleasure of taking a trip home to central NY for Ryan's brother's wedding.

This was one hell of a wedding. For starters, it was a gay wedding, which has recently become legal in NY state. Secondly my brother in law knows how to throw a party, and that he did.

Everything about it was beautiful, from the venue right down to the seating chart.

And I think everyone cried when they said their vows.

At the end of the night I overheard a guest say "Wow, there was a lot of dancing tonight. Straight people just don't dance." Hahaha, awesome.

The boys and I also had the pleasure of heading to Fly Creek Cider Mill with Stacy and Carter, which was so much fun. The drive was so colorful and beautiful, and the cider mill is in the most beautiful location ever.

Carter is such a complete frickin cutie!!!!

Picking Mums

There is a nursery/garden center that I pass in Macungie on my way to Jess's house that I've always wanted to stop at. I think it's called The Barnyard Market.

So on our way back home from a playdate last week I decided to seize the moment (since it was the first time the sun had come out that day) and stop and pick my mums for the season.

 They had a ton of Pumpkins too, but we'll go to Grim's and actually pick one from the field with Daddy this week.

I strapped Mason to my chest with the Baby Bjorn, grabbed the camera and a wagon and let Aidan run around for a while. He had a blast, and I managed to capture some cute pictures, too.

I let him pick out 4 little pumpkins to take home with us, (which he has been lining up along the driveway telling me that he made a train.) 

He kept grabbing this tiny white one and saying "this one is mine, Mommy".

Yes, Buddy that one IS yours. <3

Frankenbaby

Last night while Ry was off at a meeting Aidan, Mason, and I had a very entertaining time with the Frankenstein mask and pirate eye patch.

Mason makes the cutest baby Pirate!

They took turns wearing the "scary monster mask" and Mason giggled and giggled as we played.

Here's Mason giggling while playing with the mask: