Fall Fun

The other afternoon, Andrew had enough of being inside and told Daddy that he wanted to go out and play.  Dustin bundled him up and ventured to the back yard.

Andrew took a few passes down his slide.

And then meandered to the dormant garden searching for tomatoes.

Nothing left!

He did discover some tree seed pods.  I'm sure you've seen them before, but I have no idea which species of tree it comes from.

Andrew thought those seed pods should be placed in the area we designate to burn our brush.  So, daddy told him to throw them over there.  

Surprisingly, we still have lots of herbs that are alive and well in this cold weather.  Andrew is sniffing some sage...and doesn't think too highly of it.

All Hallow's Eve

This year's Halloween excursion fared much better compared to last year.  Last year, Andrew only made it through about 4 houses before we had to take him home.  If you remember, Andrew got upset because he was not allowed to enter stranger's houses.  Anyway, this year we teamed up with the Bellomo's and went Trick-or-Treating in their neighborhood.  The fire station had an open house and gave out candy.  

Andrew and Cole got to go inside a real fire truck!

We tried for a picture of them two together, but Andrew was more interested in his candy than posing.

This was the best they could do.

This picture was decent enough, but what you didn't see was 2 seconds later when Andrew snaked his way out of my arms crying.

Patiently waiting for someone to open their door and give out candy.

They looked pretty cute with their Halloween buckets.

Jackpot!

It was a pretty cold night and I just realized that with Andrew's jacket on you couldn't tell what he was. Andrew was an Indian and Cole was a pumpkin.

After a cold, fun-filled night of Trick-or-Treating, we retreated to the Bellomo's for some hot chocolate.  Andrew had TWO cups!

Cole enjoying his much deserved treat.