Decorating for Fall

Tennis courts

We found a tennis ball in the tennis court last time J wanted to come run around. So today, I brought a ball specifically so we could bring it back home with us. J loved being able to throw it around and chase it :) 

Playing in a corn box

We went to a cool pumpkin patch that also had a corn box and a pumpkin cannon and a story tale road to walk down. J LOVED playing in the corn box and didn't want to leave. Here he's trying to bury Drew in the corn. We had a great time. 

Morning at the park

Fall Berries

Fall Leaves

Bundled up at the park

After all the rain, it was a bit chilly today (It wasn't supposed to get much warmer than the mid 50's) We desperately needed to get out of the house and enjoy some sunshine, so we went to the park and enjoyed running about for a whileou

Rainy Day Trains

J really wanted to watch the rain while he was driving his trains. 

Biking in the hallways

Red leaves

Turtles and fall leaves

We went for a random excursion to the nature park today. J loved the change of scenery, loved riding in the bike trailer, and loved having a different playground to play on. 

Pumpkins

I found a tutorial for making a pumpkin garland out of yarn and some pipe cleaners. After one try at a pumpkin that failed horribly, I got the technique down (I just needed to get it all tighter) and made some very cute pumpkins. J loves to carry them around out (and unfortunately start to pull them apart) so I'll have to get the up on the door very soon. but I love how they turned out!

Red Berries

We have trees all over town that have been getting super red berries. In years past, they generally turn orange, so I'm not sure what the difference is this year, but they are beautiful

Picking apples

I knew that the school apple orchard was open, and needed some apples for tonight's dinner. So, I took J up to the orchard with me, and we started to pick apples. J wasn't too into it at first, in fact, he didn't want to walk around and explore at all. but after he picked up on what I was doing, he really got into the spirit and wanted to help out. He LOVED picking up apples off the ground and putting them into the bag. It was hard to convince him that no, we really didn't want the super rotten ones, and no, we really don't need ALL the apples that had dropped under every single tree. It was pretty cute :)

Indian Summer

 J LOVED being able to take some time outside and just look at all the pretty yellow leaves up above. He contentedly just laid on the blanket kicking around and looking at the leaves for about an hour. This from the kid who will normally start to get upset after about 15 minutes if I'm not playing with him while at home.

colors!

Going out

this was how we walked to and from the store this morning. I'm fairly certain we looked ridiculous. several people gave us weird looks as we were walking down the street.

yellow and green

Fall Colors

Dinner in the Park

I was supposed to work until 10pm tonight, and we were planning on having our dinner in the break room of work (like we do every other day). instead, we got off work shortly after Drew brought dinner, so we were able to have dinner in the park instead. it was very nice, and we both enjoyed the sunshine.