Fall Fun

During my no posting strike, we did get out and do some fun things that I need to catch up on. First we kicked off October with a visit to The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. It was fabulous and the girls loved it! Over 4,000 pumpkins carved and lit. It was amazing. Unfortunately, my camera couldn't figure out the lighting so my pictures are all bad, but lucky for me the Internet has a bunch. The next day we headed up north about an hour to get our pumpkin. Visiting a pumpkin patch has been a favorite tradition of ours since Ella was born. Unfortunately, last year it was a complete bomb. I was told about this great country type store here in New York. My friend who told me about it said that her kids loved it. Animals to look at, fun displays, and even hayrides during October. So we loaded up the kids, camera ready to go and pulled up a hill past the Home Depot and Costco(hint, hint) and there it was, our "country store". It was a massive grocery store! As we looked for a place to park, we saw the hayride trailer which takes you around the store and through the parking lot. Along the way, you look at Halloween signs posted on a fence. I tried to take a pumpkin picture, but it was pretty embarrassing. We did enjoy the store and I was able get some grocery shopping in. Thanks to my friend Laura, this year we got back on the right track. The farm was adorable. The girls especially loved all the animals and playground equipment. I loved the cider donuts! Although we were trying to get into the spirit of fall it was so hard because it was about 90 degrees with no shade. By the time we got to the pumpkin patch we quickly picked a pumpkin, posed the girls(the rest of us were a sweaty mess!), and then left. Here's to traditions!