The White House

Last weekend we visited a local nursery that had a pumpkin patch, hay rides, and pony rides. It was a beautiful fall day and we had lots of fun with Grampa Corky and Grandma Meg.

First up is the pony ride with Grampa which Quinn really enjoyed. Can you see Quinn back there waving 😉

And peaking around the pony guy to give us a little smile. Grandma is having a good time too 🙂

The shirt says it all \”Handsome\”!

I think Quinn may have tried to lift about half of the pumpkins in the patch. There was a sign clear as day that said \”do not lift pumpkins by the stem\” but what\’s a boy to do?

Peek-a-boo!

Hooray! This is fun!

Can you see what Quinn sees peeking through the hole? It\’s papa and grampa!

Quinn loves to draw, doodle, and write. He\’s getting pretty good at making a circle. We frequently have craft time in the afternoon when we\’re both getting a little bored. Today we tried out finger painting for the first time and he loved it — shocking ;>)

He starts to dabble…

…and then goes in for the whole hand dip…

…he moves on to the double fisted basting brushes…

…and just spooning it out. The hands are getting dirty…

…and the full handprint.

The masterpiece from above.

I think he\’s having some fun 🙂

\”Mama, I\’m d-o-n-e!\”. I\’m sure he was saying \”hand\” which means \”please wipe my hands\”.

And a little video clip of the action — not terribly exciting.

This morning Quinn and I had a class at Trailside Nature Center at the Watchung Reservation. It\’s in a beautiful setting surrounded by woods. Our class was \”Life on a Log…and Under It!\”. We were given a large popsicle-like stick and a jar to collect things. We had fun lifting up logs to see what might be hiding. We found a couple of earth worms. Other kids founds slugs, eggs, and bugs. Quinn loves to dig in the dirt and leaves so this was right up his alley. Here\’s a picture of him before class.