Stades Shades of Autumn and Pumpkin picking

The kids and I headed up to Stades (another fall family tradition) for their Shades of Autumn festival and pumpkin picking. (This picking is the real deal - from an actual pumpkin patch. No lines of pre-picked pumpkins here!)

Sleepunder #2

We had a "sleepunder" this summer with Caroline's friends, and it was so much fun, we decided to do it again.
This time around, the girls watched The Parent Trap (the Hailey Mills version), and ate pasta and homemade brownies.

I love a kid in footed jammies!

Country Bumpkin Garden Center

Mining for "gold"

 Bouncy house/slides

 Petting the goats

Apple picking!

This October, per our family tradition, we went apple picking at Oriole Springs.  Due to weather issues and soccer practice schedules this October, we almost didn't make it! Luckily, we found a Saturday that worked with decent weather, so we cruised up to Twin Lakes.
I think Austin (who doesn't even eat apples) had the most fun picking. He would have picked for hours if we'd let him!

 My boos in the trees...

 Kevin loves our apple picking tradition!

Apple on top

Since we went on a Saturday this year, the cider barn was open at Harvest Time, so the kids got to watch them make cider.