Fall

Fall is here, we'll according to the calendar...  The weather however has decided to linger in her summer gown  for a bit longer than usual. And I must say as much as I admire fall, this summer-fall hybrid is absolutely breathtaking.  I've been fortunate enough to have taken advantage of the weather by spending time with my precious children outside. 

 

Lincoln and I had an opportunity to watch the salmon at Tumwater Falls Park a couple weeks ago. We had dentist appointments so I took the day off and we had a mother/son date. All was great until we stumbled upon the harvesting of the salmon eggs. That in itself may not seem horrible, but watching them beat the salmon to death with a base ball bat was a bit too much for this mom!  Luckily Lincoln didn't witness much and I don't think he knew exactly what was going on. I'm taking the ostrich approach and hoping that's the case... 

Friday the kids got to pick out their pumpkins in my parents 

pumpkin patch. Lincoln may have been most excited to be in the dirt.  Though I'm positive pumpkin carving/decorating will be a blast this year. 

Today we headed to The Rutledge Corn Maze with Danette. We did not even come remotely close to finding all of the check points (I blame the three year old that was allowed to lead the way.) The weather was perfect and  despite Brooklyn escaping her belted seat in the wagon, the dust engulfing us, the wagon attempting to eject its passengers (by no fault of the driver mind you), and entering the maze without a full size map, a blast was had by all. And to boot We nearly made it to the end without a complete face plant in the dust, nearly... ;)