boo

Pumpkins keep an eye on things. This was our 10th Halloween at this house! Hard to believe.

storm + halloween

A big oak tree fell in our yard during Hurricane Sandy ... and hit our gas line ... when we heard the hiss and smelled the gas we scooped up sleeping kids and made a speedy exit to our neighbors house across the street.  Firetrucks + firemen soon arrived and shut off the gas and aired out our house and within an hour we were back in bed to sleep through the rest of the storm.  Now for some unexpected projects: tree removal and garage repair.  BIG TREE FELL is a new favorite phrase around here, and it did not put a damper on halloween, which was very festive and our beautiful flower and busy bee were very excited about the whole event.

sharing

Lots of practice sharing as we have an inside playday with Hurricane Sandy in town.

pre-halloween excitement

One excited pink flower.....

pumpkin patch

Every year the preschool crowd heads to the pumpkin patch for a field trip. Nate, the big preschooler he is now, went along too!
Petting a chicken:

Watching a horse:

Nate loves talking about how this pig was sleepin'

Nate found a pumpkin

a Nate-sized pumpkin.

Meanwhile, Abigail and the other Big Kids were off exploring other parts of the pumpkin patch....like this castle.

Listening closely.

A long line of Rainbows.

A with some buddies.

Exciting!

 

bangs

Guess who has bangs now?

Oh so silly.

New 'do.

Oh, and it is fall, y'all!

 

feeding horsey

Feeding a toy horsey acorns and leaves and "hay" was a fun fall afternoon project for these two monkeys.

new digger

Belated post of new digger from G&G!

crazy daze

Dressing up for winter ... hmmmmm....

One of Abigail's new favorite things to do: build elaborate structures of backyard toys, the end product of which usually ends up being called "a double stroller".

Now that the mosquitoes are not as thick we are using the backyard again.  Sandbox fun with neighbor Achilles.

Sandbox lid doubles as a ship with buddies Sahana & Naveen ... fun to have friends and preschool buddies just the same age as Abigail & Nate!

Have been meaning to post this from a few weeks ago ... Abigail made name cards so everyone would know where to sit when G&G were in town.

Face painting from a folk festival = fun!

 

more apple orchard

A few more orchard pics ... Abby picking:

Sunny day!

Nate loooooooved the tractor pull hayride.

 

apple picking!

misc moments

Nate opens a birthday present with a little help from big sister ... (a month ago!  working on blog catch-up...)

Two little monkeys.

Smiles.

Cousins at the zoo peeking at a bunny.

Seals!

More seals!

Walter & Nate take snacking very seriously.

 

oregon hike

August Oregon trip ... hiking to the giant tree near Cape Perpetua!

Hiking along...

...hand in hand.

Under the big tree.

In front of the big tree.

This is a really, really big tree!

Nate could have spent all day here ... two of his loves - rivers and bridges - what more could you need?!