What we've been doing

So now that you've seen where we live, you might be wondering what we've been up to. well we've engaged in a lot of family fun autumn activities. Primarily to sell this place to Noah, who is proving to be quite the hard-sell. Just hte other day, talking to Mimi, who asked him if he'd met any friends he responded laconically that he had friends at daycare in Vallingby. Oh well, we've had a lot of fun engaging in autumny activities.

So in true New England tradition we went apple picking. It was a crisp and clear autumn day. I was initially worried that Noah would have to climb trees to get at the apples, I didn't realize that they would be so low down.







Noah nonetheless got bored after a while and decided to go off and make some new friends. Not surprisingly he found one true friend that would prove to be very entertaining the rest of the apple-picking day.







The setting was gorgeous. Here are a few attempts in trying to capture the surroundings.







We also went up to Berkshires and took an old fashioned train from Lenox to Stockbrige. Pretty slow going. It took us about 30 minutes train ride there and 30 minutes back. We drove the same distance later and it was about 10 minutes with car. This area is pretty amazing. It had its hey day during the Gilded Age, when a lot of rich families built there summer 'cottages' here. Driving around we were able to catch small glimpses of these estates and they were anything but cottages. After the train ride we were able to have a picnic outside. Perfect autumn day.




















We have also been to not one but two pumpkin patches! It was great to actually go out into a pumpkin field and pick the pumpkin from the vine. Let me tell you, pumpkins are kinda weird. They are just huge, and orange, and some are small and green and they just grow out there, on the fields. It is just bizarre. But fun. Both pumpkin patches featured hay rides. We went to the first one on Columbus weekend and Noah, Theo and I went to the second one the week after together with the Belchertown Family Center. It was a really neat experience.









The second one featured a great play area for Noah with giant pumpkins. It was kinda creepy in a little shop of horrors kinda way.









The highlight of this season though must be the scarecrow batman than Noah and Jensen stuffed at our local library!





From our Batman headquarters to yours, goodbye and Happy Halloween!