In September the Mister had Spirit Week at school. Since it coincided with Johnny Appleseed's birthday, one day they were supposed to dress up as Johnny Appleseed. I didn't have much notice, but I think I still put together a pretty cute outfit. Baby Sister was a big fan of the hat too!
One tradition we have made since living here is going apple picking in North Carolina every fall. We have tried out several different orchards, but this year our favorite spot was closed for picking apples due to a late frost (or something). So, we headed to the spot of our original apple picking adventure when the Little Mister was just a baby. Lucky for us, it was the annual apple festival that day so there were lots of activities. We mostly stuck to the apple picking and jumping though.
In October the Little Mister had his first field trip to a Pumpkin Patch and I got to go with him and his class. It's the same place we pick strawberries. They went on a little hayride, had a lesson in pumpkin growing, picked their pumpkins then had a snack and went through a mini corn maze.
A couple of days later we went back as a family. We got to go on a longer hayride and did the full maze. The Mister wasn't so excited anymore when it started to get dark :(
And also, we potty trained Babys Sister this fall. It was easy, even easier than her brother was, but I maintain that even when potty training is easy it's hard.
I suppose Halloween and Thanksgiving deserve a post all their own so I will stop here for now and promise to continue updating as quickly as I can.
