Pumpkin and Apple Picking

L and I discovered Clearview Orchards in Haslett. Definitely not as wonderful as the orchard that Jim and I used to go to in Iowa City (Wilson's) mostly due to the lack of fresh turnovers, but it will do for now. We enjoyed the beautiful fall weather and gave Jim a much needed quiet house to work on his manuscript. We did some mini-pumpkin picking (as Logan couldn't pick the big ones!) And then we filled the pockets of our fleece with as many apples as would fit! L also picked out two mini-mini gourds for his friends C & J.

Here's our little gourmand smelling the gourds!

















L thought it was pretty neat to walk along and find pumpkins on the ground - little autumnal surprises.

















Here he is picking an apple all by himself. I missed the one of him trying to smell the apple on the tree, but suffice it to say, it was pretty darn adorable!

















We're actually in the parking area for this one, but I had put the pumpkin down to load some of the stuff into the car, and Logan got all excited about the discovery again!





















Here's a self-portrait of us on the beautiful day!

Tenterffic!

Here are some cute ones of L and C playing in the tent! So much fun! Sadie was not fond of it since it took up valuable getaway space, but the boys had a great time!

Coffee Table v. Logan

While I'm sure that this will not be the first big bruise and black eye, it was nonetheless fairly traumatic! L and I were playing around his fun little Ikea tent (pictures of him playing with his buddy C to come), he fell head first into the edge of the coffee table. Immediately, he had a scratch and a bump, but as the day wore on, it completely turned into a shiner. He doesn't seem worse for the wear, but he does look pretty tough now. If only Halloween were this weekend!

Here's Jim with our little bruised boxer. Maybe next time he'll win his battle with the long time competitor, the coffee table.

















This one you can actually see if fairly up close and even see the scrape he got (the one by his eyebrow) from the day before when he fell into the front screen door.

Truck or Treat

Our township had a pre-Halloween event involving all the township trucks, everything from bulldozers, cranes, ambulances, fire trucks, and snow plows -- even the book mobile! Logan thought it was pretty cool ("tuck! tuck! tuck!"). But because all the kids were allowed inside the trucks, that meant that there was a lot of horn honking and blowing, this part Logan didn't like so much! He got a little scared, overwhelmed, and clingy. But overall, he still had a great time exploring.


Here is one of him after a big horn honk -- both Jim and I got lots of cuddles!
















Here he put his ninja costume to its advantage in his little warrior sitting pose in the bull dozer shovel.
















Here he is exploring the outside of the crane.

















Here he is with Jim in the cab of the crane, probably the favorite of the bunch. I think this is the first time that he has seen a big crane like this.





















He was so happy to find something more his size at this event. He played a lot with the cones!





















This is an attempt at a family picture -- oh well -- we tried!

gobble gobble

Here is L practicing for Thanksgiving! One of his sitters, S, got him to gobble on cue! Of course, now J asks him to gobble all the time! So all I hear is "What sound does the turkey make?" and then L answers with the gobbling noise. I'm trying to get him to respond by making a monkey noise :)

Happy Greenbee Baby

Here are two pics from the photo shoot, one of just L and then one of him and his buddy, C!

Adventures in using a fork

We haven't had much luck with using a spoon, so when Logan started to express interest in using a fork, we thought, why not? Here he is trying to use a fork - fairly well too since he has only been trying it out for the past few days!

Heritage Festival

Last weekend, we attended our town's heritage festival. There was a log cabin with people recreating a typical 19th century day, making soap, candles, dying and spinning yarn, cooking over the fire, etc. Logan had a great time. Here are some more memorable moments:

• Dancing by the gazebo to the traditional Irish singer
• Screaming at the top of his lungs and pointing to the pony, and saying "DOG!!"
• Calling the baby alpacas dogs, as well
  
• Joining in the Nokomis Native American Welcome dance ceremony, even though he wanted to walk in the opposite way
• Watching one of the heritage volunteers spin yarn
• Wiping down his own stroller tray like a big boy, all by himself
  

Tomato burglar

Last night, Logan and I shared a tomato and he kept asking for more of "this, this, this!". This morning before his nap, he and I were investigating what was in our vegetable and fruit basket and he was very interested in the tomato. At first he was satisfied with just holding it in his hand, putting it in the basket, picking it up again, smelling it, but then he took a big bite out of it. At this point, I put him in his chair, and he ate the entire tomato like a peach. Very cute! This video is part of that, and when I ask him if it is yummy, he answers "Yum" - also very cute!