Halloween 2012

Oh Halloween!  Are we ever going to have a normal one again?  Last year we had our first snow of the season on Halloween, canceling it for a bunch of towns.  This year we had Hurricane Sandy the day before!  The hurricane was disastrous for soo many people, especially on the coast, but thankfully our area wasn't hit as bad as they were predicting it to.  We didn't even loose power, thank God.  Most of the towns around us did and school was closed in those towns.  Trick or treating was even postponed around us, but not in our town.  

So, we went out!  We did did what we had done for the past four years and met up with friends and family at my sisters house.  The kids were oozing cuteness!! Cameron was a pirate and Avery was a butterfly. Cousins Ryan and Aubrey were Spider-man and a lamb.  BBF's Ashlyn and Bryce were a queen and a unicorn.  Of course we took a million pictures, then hopped into a couple of wagons and went rick or treating to maybe 10 houses.  The kids had the best time!  (My camera was on some weird setting and I didn't notice, so these pictures stink! Sorry!)

 Auntie Tina and the boys

 My butterfly! 

Bryce, Ashlyn, Cam, Ryan and Avery.  Aubrey didn't make it into the group pictures.  

 The little BFF's

 The big kids, holding hands :)

Our Maine Weekend

This past weekend, we packed up the kids for our 5(ish) hour drive up North to Camden, Maine to spend the weekend with Marks parents. They have a vacation house up there, remember? :) So, anyway, the ride up was if-y. The kids both slept for the first hour, then once Avery was awake, all she wanted was to hold my hand. So after doing weird back bend contortions from the front seat, I decided that sitting between the two car seats would be more comfortable. Besides, I got to watch Madagascar 3 on the iPad from there, too.

Saturday, the weather was beautiful: Chilly, crisp air and super sunny! I love this sort if weather. We bundled up and walked down for breakfast on the water, then drove to this awesome jetty with great views, but it was sooo windy, we seriously thought Cameron might fly off, so we decided not to go out to the end.  He is still only little! 

 We put Avery in the Kelty for the first time.  She wasn't much of a fan!

After the jetty, we went to the Owls Head Lighthouse to take a little hike. It was beautiful!!  We walked up to the top of the light house, then found a beach and hunted for starfish, which Cam had never seen in the wild before, so it was like AMAZING for him :) Oh did I mention that Avery had a temper tantrum on our hike? Yeah, she did. All because I didn't want her to walk down the huge staircase from the lighthouse.  Miss Independent.  Loves to embarrass mommy! 

See the stairs?

Yeah, she didn't want me to carry her! 

 With Googa and Papa

The Fam!

 The girls!

After that, we got lunch in Rockland then drove up Mt. Battie and walked around to see the pretty view.  There is this cool tower you can climb up, which Cam loved, and thank goodness, Avery had no interest in! 
                                                             Take me up Daddy!

 That's the town from the top of the mountain.  So pretty!

When we got back to the house, Mark and his mom got obsessed with looking up the family on Ancestry online!  Like really obsessed!  Cameron and Papa took out the starfish they collected and pined them to a board to dry them out, which was cute!  Later, we got dressed and walked down to the water for dinner. I got chicken pot pie, which was sooo good!! The kids had a looong day, so they fell asleep in the double stroller on the walk back, which made bed time easy!

From the deck

Sunday morning Cameron and Googa made delicious banana pancakes and we packed up and left for our ride home! It was a short weekend, but with the two Littles, we got a bunch of activities packed in! They are such good sports and behave so well when we drag them around from place to place. You know all they want to do is run around, but most of the time they behave great. I can't wait to get up there again!   

 I mean, come on!  Isn't he the cutest??

Our first Fall weekend!

It was such a great weekend! We were on the go from start to finish! Saturday to went to Davis Farmland in Sterling. We had never been there before, but heard great things about it. It's this big huge petting zoo type place. But not the gross and smelly type. Those kind totally gross me out, but this place was adorable! Cameron would be combing this furry little cow, and a tiny little sheep would come up to join in on the fun! It was crazy cute! Even Avery wanted to pet the animals, and she's usually afraid to be close to them!

They had this huge jungle gym that the goats climbed up on and you send food up with a pulley.  It was pretty weird to see them way up high like that!

See the goat?

Oh, just brushing a baby cow!

And holding a baby goat!

After the farm part we picked apples in their orchard. The kids loved dragging along the heavy bags and stealing bites of every other apple before putting them in the bag. I love my little cuties!

Oh, and on the way home our GPS somehow brought us by the Wachusette Reservoir. We didn't see it on the way there, but it has this crazy huge damn so we stopped to explore.

On Sunday, we got together with Matt, Katie and baby Josie and went to Adams Farm to go pumpkin picking. Of course, the baby slept the whole time, but it was fun going!! We HAD to stop at the Big Apple after to get their famous Carmel apples and cider donuts afterwards. Growing up a few miles away, it's not Fall without going there, long lines and all! Its a major tradition around these parts :)

 Josie, sleeping :)

Dentist bill?

She loooved it!

 See?

The new parents

 I loved her hat!

Well, that was waaay to many photos!  Sorry about that!  We had a busy, but fun, weekend.  It was many "firsts" for Avery, well her first time doing these things as a walker, so they needed to be captured. Some day I'll put the camera down.  I promise :)