Pumpkins

Every year Mema & Papa help us carve our pumpkins! Last evening they came over for our annual pumpkin carving! We carved & painted 4 pumpkins.

Here is Ryan digging in to the pumpkin to clean it out -- this is the first year he has done this - he usually finds the inside of the pumpkin gross and refuses to touch it.

Jessica cleaned her pumpkin with a scoop - she didn't like the inside!

Mema helped Jessica paint her pumpkin purple, pink, blue and white.

How many boys does it take to figure out a pumpkin face - hahaha

The final pumpkins - sorry the pic is a little blurry. Mine is on the left, then Ryan's with the mean face, and then Mema's painted pumpkin. Jessica's pumpkin didn't make the picture because it was glopped with so much paint that we couldn't move it.

Friends & Wine

Last weekend we hopped in a limo with some friends and headed to the Finger Lakes region to sample some New York State wine. We went to about 7 wineries and came home with 4 bottles :-).

Here is a shot from one of the wineries overlooking Seneca Lake (all photos taken by Charlie).

The leaves were gorgeous!

Group shot minus Charlie who is taking the picture.

Thanks to Gary & MaryLou for taking the kids all weekend! We enjoyed our weekend and the kids enjoyed their time with you!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we had some unseasonably warm weather. We took advantage of this and headed out to Stokoe Farms with the Anderson family for the day. They have quite a setup - a full day of activities (for all ages) includes wagon rides, the Corn Maze, Tractor Wheel Racers, a Straw Fort, a zip line, a pedal car race track, a Mini-Pumpkin Launcher, Nature Trail, mini train ride, 70 ft slide, and petting zoo.

Here is Ryan on the pedal car - Scott got on one right after him & rode right on by Ry laughing away!
Even Donna and Isabelle took a ride!

Me & Ry by the corn maze.

Here is a video of the tractor wheel race - Ry & Gav are in the white one in front and Scott & Jess in the yellow one behind them. Scott & Jess won the race! It was quite amusing watching the adults race - we saw some good falls!

Here is Scott & Jess doing the mini-pumpkin launcher. This was fun too - the crowd really got into it!
This years Pumpkin crop was great - lots of 'perfect' pumpkins to choose from. It was tough deciding which ones to take home!
Our little pumpkins! :-)
Jess was so exhausted -- we carried her in the house & she continued to sleep for another hour on the couch! So sweet!

Fall Festival

Ryan's school had its annual Fall Festival Friday night. They served pizza, cafeteria style, followed by some entertainment on the stage. The highlight was Mr. Ducky Wucky - a children's singer that entertained us all for 90 minutes! Every child was in front of the big stage dancing away! He played stuff from all the decades - even a little John Denver. Check out Ryan & Jess below!

Ryan was actually a little shy and didn't want to dance at first. So we stood off to the side and danced a little - check out the video below. He starts out slow and then finally starts having some fun. He eventually ditched me and danced with his buddies. Oh - and Jess loved it all - she danced right in the middle of everyone and had a blast!