Pumpkin Picking and Painting

Here we are still in October...my parents had come out before they dashed off to FL for the winter. We all went to a farm to pick some pumpkins for the season.

There was a hayride out to the pumpkin patch

Please remain seated while the ride is in motion. (Morgan!)

After having picked our pumpkins, we made our way over to the gourd launch!

Morgan: Two hands on the launcher;

Me: One hand on the launcher, one hand on Morgan.

Snuggle Break!

Checklist: pumpkin, paint; newspaper and smock to contain mess...GO!!

Get Dirty!

Bask in the creativity!

We used Crayola washable paints and after having painted, we put the pumpkins outside. I think it rained 2 days later...all this hard work, as if it never happened.

A Nite at Home with Dad

When Missy works in the evening, here's a look at some of the things that go on...

Come inside the fort! There's room for all!

You can even stand up! That's quality.

The first crack at corn on the cob.

(I'm taking this picture...who's got skills?)




Letting him take the reigns on his own

There are many different card games, this is a variation of 52 pickup, it's called 52 line up (double deck).

These photos are brought to you from early October.

Swamp Yankee Days

Sometimes playing with the blocks doesn't mean building with them, on this September day, it entailed placing every block on the table!

Yeah, let's take another second to admire that.

Alright, let's go to Swamp Yankee Days...oops. Hang on!

There are all sorts of country fairs in the summer. This particular one had a self-fulfilling prophecy of essentially raining itself out. Saturday was a great day, I forget now what we did then, but Sunday was our day to check out these festivities. Fortunately it was warm enough to play in the rain!

We did many laps around the tennis courts splashing in the puddles, since there was minimal legitamate entertainment.

This post was a brief one...we'll be retiring to the fort for the rest of the evening.

Home Shots and a 5k Race with a Treat

These days I'm working to close out the year both in the office and on the blog. Which means the faithful readers that stop by here haven't had to wait as long for newness...unlike Mom, who is patiently waiting to share her cereal with Morgan while he is captivated by the television.




Thomas the Tank Engine came to Toys R Us one weekend and a Junior Conductor came home.

That same conductor also knows that you have to have your

shoes on to go outside...pants, optional.

In September, I ran in one of the largest 5k's in RI (hold your laughter).

Morgan is awaiting the start.

There's no chance he'll find me.

After the race, there was an inflatable obstacle course that we trudged through.

This was probably a 12 foot vertical, because I'm still at the bottom spotting Morgan.

The Big Finish!!

Summer Visitors

Come on out and see us, Morgan will take your picture! Or Ed...or whoever took this shot...should we get more cameras? Morgan's Buffalo Grandparents came out for Labor Day. Here comes September photos!




Ed was hitting some golf balls in the back yard, while Morgan and Nacho chased them. The ball is already in flight here, see the white streak about 3/4" to the left of Morgan's head.

Nacho won most of the races to fetch the balls, Nacho also got in the line of fire once and took one to the body. Sometimes winning is really losing...

We all went to Waterfire. Morgan and Ed got a picture with The Oracle,

but Morgan wasn't too sure about it.

Morgan and Lisa cuddling up along the river.

Waterplace Park





A strip of braziers on the river.

Morgan, contorting my neck...perhaps a future in chiropractics?

Lisa took another shot at The Oracle with Morgan, because he couldn't stop talking about her.

And...since we had free babysitting in town, we went to Boston for a show!

Kiddie Pool

Here we have some pics from mid to late August...

What can you do on a nice day rather than sitting on your chair in your underwear with a circle of pink playdoh??

Go outside and play in the pool!!

Jumps for everyone! Am I getting kicked in the sweetspot here? You be the judge...

Our little shark lover says "Do it again Daddy, again!"

After a good day outside, Morgan makes sure that Mom eats her dinner so that she gets more energy.

Post-bath, there's no warmer place to be than towel wrapped in Mommy's lap.

I'm on a roll!

Washington Co. Fair

Hey! Good news, Morgan is going to start writing his own blog...

so what if he does it in his underwear?

Morgan's first trip to the Washington County Fair was full of treasures...maybe not to some, but to a 2 year old, this stuff works. Here he gets up close with the horses before the pull.





Morgan got intimate with the cow milking process. Later he got a good look a T-bone by sticking his head up the bull's...well you know...there's no shots of that though out of respect for the bull.






Morgan wanted this rare carnivorous bunny to sample on his fingers. The bunny did not oblige.

So Morgan exacted his revenge on some rooster's by urinating on them. It's a thing of beauty when a man can go in public...er...I mean, Morgan stop that!

And where else but a fair do you come across deep fried oreos?

Unfortunately no one in our family craves oreos...(Missy).

Oh Yeah!

Morgan is soaking in his first tractor pull.

On our way out, we passed thru a freak bubble storm...barely made it out alive.

I had to scoop Morgan up to get him above the storm.

Check it out 3 blogs in a week! Don't get spoiled, no reasonable person can keep this pace up.