Book week

This week is book week at the kids' school. Today they dressed as literary characters. 

Sam couldn't wait to wear his Halloween costume so he was a Jedi. 

Calvin is very much into the book series "the Kane Chronicles" so he went as Carter Kane. A normal kid so another easy costume. 

Emily decided last minute to test my creativity and request to be the little mermaid. Nothing else would do. Luckily some make-up and mermaid hair made up for the make shift costume. 

 

 

Pumpkin picking

This weekend was a beautiful blue-sky fall day so we headed out the pick-your-own farm to get a few pumpkins. At least what passes for pumpkins here. 

 

Unfortunately, the season was finished. So we got a few to decorate the step. And picked some kale and squash that were still available. 

 

At least the weather was good. 

Apple pickin'

On this gorgeous blue sky thanksgiving day we went apple picking. Sort of. 

 

The orchard was on the grounds of a chateau and is only open to the public this one weekend a year. 

 

The orchard is also not a commercial orchard so the trees are very tall and any harvesting equipment is BYO.  

So some creativity was required.

 

Most of the year the orchard is a cow pasture and the cows were eager for some apples.