Fall Festivities

This boy love his animals

This one......

Well... he has his moments!

So I quickly took this pics before the moment was lost and he gave the bunny back.

But this one..  well could have sat there all afternoon lovin' on the bunny.

But pumpkin decorating was a different story.

He was in the zone

They both did a great job decorating their pumpkins.  

 It was great Fall afternoon spending time with my boys!

Apple Picking

 One thing I love about the Fall is the start of Family Traditions.  Sometimes I feel that we spend so much time running around with trips during the summer that we do not have much time for just doing fun things as a family, just us!  In the Fall, we slow down a little and get into a schedule.  The boys and I love going apple picking.  I had thought about going a week ago with just my youngest while my oldest was at school.  But that made him so sad, so I waited a week.  I am always amazed at how life does get a little easier as my boys get older.  Every year apple picking gets easier with them.  They pick more and I can let them explore a little further before saying "Don't leave the row, Please!" and "Stay out of the corn field!" I love to watch my boys run around outside exploring new places.   I do have to get better at encouraging them help me make the applesauce that comes after the picking.  The next day I canned 21 quarts of applesauce!  They were not as eager to help me do that.  I am not sure why not?  But they have enjoyed eating it!

Alex likes to take pictures
He insisted that it was my turn!

Horses, Marching Bands, cute kids, and more horses!

I have really learned to enjoy small town living.  Growing up in a bigger city, (I would not call it a Big City, but it is bigger then were I live now!) I always thought it would be boring to live in small city, USA.  But I love the idea of raising my kids here!  Watching parades from our front porch is awesome!  I posted about about the Christmas Parade before, and this year I finally captured the All Horse Parade.  This is how our city kicks off the County Fair every year.  You have to either be in a Marching Band, riding a horse, or being pulled by a horse to be in the parade.  Big A was a little disappointed that there is no candy but he got over it!  Plus we have plenty of candy left over from the other parades that pass by our house!

I will let the pictures tell the story!

Streets are lined with my neighbors

This year the parade was started with a  tribute to those fallen from 9/11

This lady cracks me up.  Every year she is assigned the station in front
of our house to let those in the parade know that they need to "hug the
yellow line, pictures will be taken at the top of the hill, everyone
smile."  She needed a little lift to her spot!

Here come to Horses!

Yes, she is balancing the sword on her head
while clicking cymbals with her hands and
riding a horse!

And this is how our guy entertains himself during the parade!