It seems hard to believe that earlier this week it was 80 degrees, and today it was in the mid-50’s! Fall seems to have arrived and the tree leaves are beginning to change around here. This week was a lot of fun as I was lucky to be home using up some of my vacation time. I loved being home, especially in the mornings, as I was able to get Finn up each day and enjoy some family time every morning 🙂  I made some progress on “purging” some of our belongings from a couple of rooms, primarily the loft. We are in a clean-up mode around here and it feels pretty good to pare down “stuff”! Finn and I drove up to Mansfield Thursday evening to deliver a load of giveways to mom and dad for their church rummage sale.

Debbie, Sam, Finn, and I went to Audrey and Samantha’s 5th birthday gathering on Friday. We were originally going to pick apples, but due to bad weather, stayed local and picked pumpkins instead. Finn was a champ and insisted on carrying his pumpkin (5.5 pounds, btw!) for a good stretch out of the field. 

We enjoyed lots of pajama time in the mornings. Kevin purchased Griffin a set of farming equipment, almost identical to the combine we rode on a week ago. When Finn wakes up, he immediately says “taktah” and points to the tractors. He loves to lay on the floor (or our bed) and play with them – he has to have all three pieces, too! Putting our new kitchen to good use, Mom and dad were able to come down on Tuesday to make yummy applesauce from our apple picking adventure and also to have dinner, for which the Bethune’s joined as well. Then Friday evening Pat and Jim came to play with Finn while we went out to dinner with friends. After a temperamental start, he had quite a bit of fun (as did we) and he even had a fun bath! He loves seeing all of his grandparents so often!

Since the cold weather arrived this weekend, we broke out the t-ball set and had some indoor playtime too.  He was pretty happy about that as you can see. Then we headed to check out Pigeon Roost Farms, in Hebron, on a very brisk late afternoon. Griffin loved the “ride” in the wagon the most. He’s also begun saying “yah” for yes. Now when you ask him something he often replies, “yah”.  Pretty cute.  And all 4 of his molars are now through, though not entirely in.  He officially has 12 teeth!

And here are a few more from the week, including a fun selfie of Debbie, Finn, and Sam riding the “choo choo” at the zoo, playing with clay, Finn being silly playing in the office, and a fun video of Griffin playing with Lily. 

Kitchen update: Brett installed the crown molding and part of the baseboards in the kitchen this week. And I think I failed to mention last week that the entire first floor (kitchen, dining, family, hallways), foyer, loft, and upstairs hallway were painted last week [Collonade Gray] as well as the laundry room [Pewter Cast] and office [don’t know the name – but a bluish-teal]. We are nearing the end of the project, but still some fine details to wrap up!