Fall Fall Glorious Fall

Oh Fall, how we love thee...apple picking, leaf peeping, hiking, corn mazes, pumpkin patches...the list goes on and on. Here are some of our fall musings so far.

Summit of Five Tree Hill hike

Shleburne Farms

Lone Tree Hill Hike

William had to have a walking stick like daddy

Five Tree Hill Summit

Red Barn Farm Wagon Ride to Pumpkin Patch

Tractor Day at Shelburne Farms

Helping Farmer Mike at Isham Farm

Cider Donut Contest

Apple Picking (I mean eating)

Waitsfield Farmer's Market

Brotherly Love

Corn Maze!

Tractor Time at the Orchard

Hiking

Shelburne Orchards

Mazzas Farm

Shelburne Orchards

On the Summit- we made it!

Awesome Apple Orchard Tree Swing

Farmer's Market

Summit with Daddy

Trav's Preschool class at Isham Farm

Trav's 1st big hike!

Camping

Last weekend we headed out to Silver Lake State Park for another camping excursion. The day started out lovely, we visited Billings Farm and Museum which is in Woostock, VT one of the most quaint little towns you will ever come across. We had a great time at the farm and then took the trolley into town and had lunch. Then we headed out to Silver Lake and set up camp, swam in the lake (briefly, brrr) and played on the awesome playground there. So far so good, then came the camp fire time....not so relaxing with a 16 month old. We took turns attempting to hold Will...we tried the ergo, the stroller, the chair, and so on and so forth. Anyhow we managed to get through cooking and eating dinner around the campfire and roasting smores without any burn injuries to said toddler. By this time we were all worn out trying to restrain Will and were ready to turn in. Well Will did not like the air mattress (should have brought the darn pack-n-play after all!) and couldn't get comfortable and cried most of the night at which point we decided to pack up our campsite at 1AM in the morning and drive home. We had a good laugh driving back in the middle of the night while both kids slumbered peacefully.

Theatre Camp

Travis just finished up the long awaited theatre camp this week. The campers dazzled us with a performance of "Where the Wild Things Are." It was very cute and Trav was completely in his element! (That's him in the orange shirt)

Then we headed to Burger Night at Bread and Butter Farm. The kiddos danced the night away. Note the capes they all have on...that was the art activity of the night, so cute.

Stowe

We finally got rid of that nasty heat wave that was plaguing us, so once we could do something other than swim, we ventured up to Stowe on Sunday to spend the day along the bike path. On our ride we made stops for swimming/rock throwing in the river, farmer's market, and ended with a delicious Mexican meal at Frida's followed by an ice cream cone at Stowe Scoop Shop.

And we're off

Fun in the River

Cloud gazing

Chillin' at the Farmer's market

Frida's Mexican Cantina, the best mex restaurant in VT!

We discovered Will's love of guacamole, he was not willing to share!

This is the best thing I have ever eaten!

Concentrated on their ice cream

Travis allowing Will to sample his

NY Trip

We went to Rochester for another great family trip..lots of trips to the pool, boating, amusement park, water slides, lots of ice cream and some good visits with good friends and family.