Luke walked outside this afternoon and was SO EXCITED to see a "river" as he calls it, running through our backyard (on an unrelated note, our neighbors were emptying their swimming pool).  He spent hours playing with his animals in the water - we need to get these kids a bigger yard! 

Kids have been loving the bike rides lately which have been more fun since Paige can actually move at a walking pace - way to step it up Paige -

Finding worms - yuck!

Apple Picking in Little Compton, RI

After a bad experience apple picking down here a few years ago, we swore we would stick to the Stow, MA area BUT our friends went in Stow on a weekend we were in NH so we decided to try a new place.  Fortunately, this was a great little farm and they were having a fall festival going on too! Face painting, pumpkin painting (with permanent paint..grrrr!), hayrides, blue grass bands, all sorts of fun fall games, food, food, food and of course apple picking.  We had a great time, had great weather and would highly recommend this place.  It was beautiful!

 

First order of business, face painting -

 How do we look???

Second on the list - pumpkin painting.  Cost $4 but with the $200 worth of clothes we ruined with the NON WATER BASED PAINT we're all in $204 for these two pumpkins :) -

 Apples along the way -

 Luke was doing apples on a stick, loved this -

 Stopped in Tiverton for lunch/dinner on the way home.  Such a cute spot.  Ate outside -

High...

Luke and Paige were playing outside this morning while I got some things done in the house.  Paige came running in and said, "Mommy, I have a scratch" pointing to her leg.  After locating the barley visible scratch and assuring her it was going to be OK, I asked her how it happened.  She said, "It happened when I was high." 

I was relieved to find out that she was high in the tree house not high in any other sort of meaning :)  HA HA!!