October has been full of fall fun here in Alexandria. The girls have settled into school and Peter and I are enjoying our classes. We have been taking full advantage of our autumn weekends and have made some really fun memories, including a couple of trips to the pumpkin patch, a day of apple picking and a camping trip. Here are the photos:
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| We are so proud of Sarah Avery, our little kindergardner. |
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| She loves school and we love getting these picture updates from her sweet teacher. |
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| This is my view every morning before school. Susannah cracks me up in her sunglasses. |
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| Sarah Avery's class planted some pansies in the school garden and she loves checking on them when we play after school. |
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| All dressed for "wear green to fight bullying" day. |
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| Last weekend we spent Saturday morning at our favorite pumpkin patch. |
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| Actual water comes out when you milk this toy cow. |
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| Each of the girls gave it a go. |
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| Pumpkin fun. |
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| We love this pumpkin wall every year. |
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| Who knew that so many different types of pumpkins existed? |
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| The next day was one Susannah had been looking forward to for weeks: Daddy-Daughter camping! A few of the Dads from our supper club took the oldest girls on an overnight camping trip. |
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| Meanwhile, Sarah Avery and I enjoyed a super fun afternoon. |
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| We rode bikes at one of our favorite parks. |
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| And played on the playground. |
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| Sarah Avery was so excited that Mommy climbed and slid too. |
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| Then it was time for pedicures! |
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| Relaxing with one of her new library books |
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| Next up: Tacos! |
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| Back at the campsite, these three girls were cooking their own hot dog dinner. |
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| Daddy let Susannah have as many s'mores as she wanted. ;) |
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| The next day they all tackled a 5 mile hike through the woods. |
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| Susannah loved every single second. |
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| Survivors |
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| Best Daddy ever |
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| Im sure these three will be begging for a spring trip just like this one. |
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| Sarah Avery and I were lucky because we got to go back to the pumpkin patch on her first kindergarten field trip. |
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| I loved watching her play with her new friends. |
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| We had the best morning together. |
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| McKenna and Caroline have quickly become SA's best friends. |
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| And they all three love Ms. Shaner, their sweet teacher. |
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| On Friday afternoon they all came home with me for a playdate. I can't believe my baby is so big! |
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| This past weekend we drove out to the Virginia wine country to pick apples. Our first stop was to say hi to the donkeys. |
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| We had the most beautiful blue sky weather so we were all in great spirits. |
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| The girls each had a bag to fill with apples. |
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| It was so nice to be out of the city and breathe the fresh air. |
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| These two loved it. |
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| So did Daddy. |
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| They had a great time climbing this tree and using it as a playhouse while Peter and I listened to the live music. |
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| We were extra lucky because this Saturday happened to be the apple bake off so we were judges and tasted so many delicious apple treats. |
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| Love this picture |
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| And this one. |
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| Peter brought his camera so I am actually in a few pictures! |
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| The girls loved being able to run in the open spaces. |
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| We ended up a with a peck of beautifu fuji and stayman apples. |
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| And said goodbye to the sweetest old horse on our way out. |
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| Once we were home we had to decide what to do with all of these apples?? |
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| Sunday was a rainy day so we stayed in our pjs and baked up a storm. |
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| A delicious apple crisp and some homemade apple sauce were our reward. |
