Fall, Changes, and the "Pumpkin Patch"

Fall and Changes

With the fall season comes changes. The falling leaves, the crispness to the air, and the wind. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year! It is the beginning to some of my favorite weather and holidays. Hopefully this fall will be one to be remembered for years to come!

Our little family has been busy! We have been trying to get all of the outside work done at the house in preparation for winter and snow! Rob built a woodshed over the summer and it is now fully stocked with cut and split wood! Over the weekend we spread two truck loads of compost in our yard and flower beds. We got it free from the City of Worcester. It's pretty progressive of them I think. They take all the yard waste from people's yards and all the leaves that they collect in the fall and turn it into compost! Compost is free to Worcester residents. Rob built me a beautiful raised bed, which has now been filled with compost, to grow veggies in next year! Rob has also been working on the car, our little $360 car, a Subaru Legacy. He wants to get the maintenance (ie new brakes, rotors, etc.) finished before it gets too cold to work outside comfortably. We pray the little car lasts at least another couple of years.

In September, we got a swing set for Clay and he would spends hours being pushed on the swings if there was someone who would do it for him. He usually can get a good half-hour out of me and then when Daddy gets home, more swing time with him. Granny and Grandpa Wannamaker are coming to visit in November, so Clay is hoping that they will want to spend lots of time outdoors pushing him on the swing. That's what grandparents are for, right? Also, coming to visit in November are Aunt Cassie, Uncle Kevin, and Jack! We haven't seen Jack since April, so we are excited to see how much he has grown! Plus it will be fun to see how the "cousins" get along with each other. We've got big plans for some sightseeing and tourist activities while they are here!


The "Pumpkin Patch"

After church last Sunday, we spent the afternoon at Tougas Family Farm! It was a beautiful fall day with just the right amount of crispness to the air. Our original plan was to get pumpkins for carving, but the selection was pretty slim. Not to mention the fact that the pumpkins were all prepicked and brought in. They were then laid on the ground in the "pumpkin patch" for people to "pick", kinda lame if you ask me. We ended up with a couple of little pumpkins to take home for the front porch, but too small to really carve. Clay's pumpkin patch experience this year was so much different. Last year he was in a backpack on my back and this year he is walking and picking out his own pumpkins. He would have taken home every squash there if allowed. He also enjoyed sitting on the pumpkins which was pretty cute. He would run over to a new one and sit on it! He is a silly kid. It wasn't until we were leaving the pumpkin patch that we read the sign that said "Please Don't Sit on the Pumpkins", oops!! Even so we had a great time feeding the goats and watching the chickens. We also enjoyed some hot, fresh apple cider donuts and apple cider itself, not to mention the hot dog that Rob just had to have. This coming Saturday we are planning a bigger trip to Marshall Farms in Fitchburg, MA, to pick pumpkins out of the field.

Well I will post some pictures soon!