Stepping Into Autumn

The weather is cooling off, the trees are turning red and orange, and leaves are covering the grass....you know what that means! Fall is in the air, and it's our favorite time of the year. Especially here in NY where the pumpkins, apple cider, and fall festivals are everywhere.

We always start out our autumn decorations at home with a trip to the Amish market for our pumpkins and fall veggies. They have so many varieties of pumpkins, as well as farm fresh brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, butternut squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash....

The pumpkins are right at home on our front porch, and the boys will carve their Halloween pumpkins next week!

 

The boys were out of school on Columbus Day, and the weather was very warm so we packed up a picnic and headed to a town park for a fun afternoon in the open air.

You know it's fall when the grocery store starts carrying apple cider and pumpkin spice creamer!!

And yes, I had to get a pumpkin spice latte from Tims!

The boys love grabbing some baked oatmeal and fruit muffins to start their day before school.

The garden is winding down, but my zinnias are doing great! I grew these (and the petunias) from seed this year, and the zinnia are almost 5 ft tall!

Cuddles is...well, he's Cuddles! His summer hair cut is growing out. According to Google, he is the equivalent of 84 human years old!

My coworkers always love when I bake goodies and bring some for them! This was a new recipe--apple cider donut cake! YUM

Harvesting the last of my herbs....here is orange mint and basil hanging to dry.

Bradley ran his last XC race today! I'm so proud of him for trying out a sport for the first time, and giving it his all. He went from barely being able to run and being diagnosed with asthma, to being one of the top runners in his division!