Saturday on the farm

There are few things more festive during the fall than a trip to the farm. Yesterday, the boys and I headed to Oldfield Orchard with my mom, Auntie Pat, Philip, Thomas and Kilian. We had a great time, though too rushed {we were part of a large group that went by bus, and we had to meet back at a certain time if we didn't want to miss our ride home!} Next year we'll go earlier and stay longer.

It was supposed to rain but the weather ended up being lovely. Look at that blue sky!

I love a pile of pumpkins...

And a close-up self-portrait of me with one of my boys!

There was a "cow train" and the boys just had to go for a ride {thanks to Auntie Pat for buying their tickets}

Dylan took Buttercup for a spin

and Sawyer grinned for a full five-minutes as his cow, Daisy, followed the tractor around the field!

We played pumpkin bowling

...and admired the crunchy apples.

We decided on hot dogs and french fries for lunch.

All that fresh air made us hungry!

Dylan and Thomas enjoyed some cousin time...

So did Sawyer and Kilian.

And we got ourselves a few more pumpkins {we're now at 6! I think that's enough, don't you?}

Me and the boys heading back to the bus

And stopping for a photo with the "pumpkin boy" on our way out.

Such a fun Saturday! Today's been good in a completely different way. We've spent the day at home, cleaning and doing laundry {me}, gardening and building a trellis {Alan}, and constructing a "really spooky" haunted house in the living room {the boys}. The boys drew and cut out lots of ghosts, and decorated the window with bright orange spiders and sparkly webs. I made two delicious soups, we read a huge stack of books, and Alan and I sat on the couch after the boys went to bed, drinking wine and watching QI. It's been nice, all of it.

And how about you, my lovelies? What did you get up to this weekend?