Fall Festival...

Fresh, crisp, cool fall air...apple cider...sugar on Noah's finger from the most delicious hot fresh donuts ever...

Hayrides....

Pumpkin Patch...

Unlike Noah who tried to lift one giant pumpkin and realized it was too heavy and not worth the effort, Liliana tried to lift just about every pumpin in the patch!

She worked so hard to find the right pumpkin...

Many of them were still green...lots of rain this summer...

She finally ended up with the perfect tiny little green pumpkin...I don't have a photo of it...have it in the kitchen on the window sill...will take a pic tomorrow...

Here she is taking her first bite of the hand picked apples...

The kids were jammin out to the live music...too cute! Liliana kept asking me if the guys playing were real...she thought they may be like the display at Yankee Candle...LOL...too sweet and innocent!!! Love it! She was tickled when the piano player would smile at her as she stood there waving at him while he played...awe! Noah danced all over the place!

My exact words while taking these next two photos:

"Where'd Noah go?!"

"There he is!!"

Under an apple tree...

Friends...Noah and Manny...

The cutest!!!

My First Apple Pie

I have never been much of an apple pie person until now! A lady from church made us the most delicious apple pie ever for Clergy Appretiation month and I could have eaten the entire thing in one setting! Since then I have made two homemade apple pies and they turned out delicious and are so easy to make!

We went to Buell's Orchard in Eastford, CT to pick apples as a family. It was Donnie's first time and he loved it!

Noah had a blast with the pumpkin. He was thrilled to be out of the stroller - finally! :o) He is so giddy! The sweetest!

Apple Picking

Liliana picked her first apple of the season and tossed it to the ground. :o)

What a beautiful tree with beautiful children underneath... Liliana, Noah, Ally, and Jack... Nkailu and his mommy Karrell were picking a different type of apple at the time. We had a great time, even though it was chilly and we look forward to going back to Scott's Orchard again later this week or next.

I love Connecticut!