These boots were made for...

wearing with pajamas, while waiting for Dad to get home from work, holding our new big balloon and playing with just looking at our neighbor's pumpkins.

Thanks Grandma Kim and Aunt Buggy! Christopher loves his new boots and won't take them off.

More Catskills

We went to Hancock, NY with Rachel and Jason at the beginning of October. We knew it was in the Catskills, but we weren't paying a lot of attention to where it was until we started seeing sites on our drive that looked very familiar. It was about 30 minutes from Rye, where we went last spring. The leaves were gorgeous. It must have been one of the prettiest fall weekends of the year. It made our drive there and back lovely (that and the fact that the LG slept almost the whole time).

We had a great time. The boys got in lots of fishing and we did very "fall" activities. Here's Rachel and Jason with Christopher at the orchard where we tried to pick apples (no such luck, they closed early). We did get some delicious cider and took a peck of apples home...

To make apple pie! It was oh so good. Rachel made the best butter pie crust I've ever had. We had a slight incident with, you know the oven catching fire, but it was still so good. Jason is posing with the foil that he took out of the oven that was literally in flames. He saved us (and the pie)!

Here's the LG playing with Dad. Don't those trees look like they should be on a postcard?

Family shot.

Mom and Chris + gorgeous background.

Running in nature. Doesn't happen very often in Manhattan.

Rachel, Christopher, Rudy and I went to an Oktoberfest while the boys fished on Saturday. We ate some great food and enjoyed the nearby town.

Christopher got his face painted while we were there. I didn't think there was any way he would sit still for it, but he was almost asleep by the time it was done. Maybe I'll have to add face painting as part of his bedtime routine. It smeared before I could get a pic, but here's his pumpkin.

We also took him to his first garage sale. Dad was thrilled. Christopher is going to be so excited when he gets to hang out with the boys instead of us. Last year when Rachel was here we made him go get cupcakes with us while the guys fished. At least he was in camo.

Christopher was a little nervous about Rudy at the beginning of the trip, but by the end he really warmed up to him. He thought it was hilarious when Rudy licked him. Hey Chris, "How big is Rudy?".

So Big!

Adventure!

A couple of weeks ago we had a free afternoon and Christopher and I decided to go out for an adventure. I packed him up in the Baby Bjorn and we took a bus downtown (along with every other middle schooler leaving school at 3:00).

We took a water taxi and Christopher loved it.

Finally, to our destination!

Christopher didn't even know what was coming. I thought I would let him play in their massive indoor play room, but it was only for ages three and up. We still had a great time. He got to ride in the cart and help me shop (mainly for things for his room). We ate Swedish meatballs (he loved them, minus the lincoln berries). Then, we checked out and ran to catch a water taxi back home (this time toting home a new table, toy, and a few kitchen accessories for Mom).

The day after I set up his table I left for a second and when I came back he had climbed into the chair himself and sat down for some breakfast. That was great until he learned to stand on the chairs. Careful, LG!

Chinatown

We took a self guided food tour of Chinatown a few weeks ago. We packed about a week's worth of calories in one morning, but it was oh so worth it. We took a bus all the way down, which is always an adventure in itself.

We started with dumplings (yes, it was 9 in the morning). They were so good that we ate them before I even thought to get the camera out. The LG loved them, which is saying a lot for our little vegetarian.

Next we moved on to the Donut Planet. The creme brulee donut was described to me as the best donut combined with the best creme brulee she's ever had. I would second that. They were amazing! Here's Dad and Christopher waiting in line.

I was trying to get a shot of the LG and donut and right as I tried to take it he leaned down for his first bite. Needless to say, he was a fan.

Ok, here's the shot I was going for, only with a bite already taken out.

We tried to get a bialys from a place that's supposed to have the best in NYC, but it was closed because it was Saturday. It was fun to see all of the sites of Chinatown. I'm excited to go back again and try some of the restaurants we missed (and maybe pick out a purse or two : ) )

Ohio

I wanted to post some pictures of our trip to Ohio at the end of August. We had a great time. The LG loved getting to hang with the fam on the farm. We can't wait to go back soon!