We had a nice, dry October this year, so the beautiful leaves stuck around for quite a while, but now they are finally dropping off the trees. Our raking crew is still a bit young, but they were more than happy to help clean up the yard. Kieron preferred to rake, while Avery was all about the leaf blower. Silas stood back and took notes.
Grammy came out for a visit in early October, and we had a great time. I didn’t get my camera out enough, but we did bring it along on our trip to the pumpkin patch.
The boys loved this scarecrow
Avery making silly faces
Daddy attempted to take a picture with Silas, but he wasn’t having it.
Our best attempts at a family shot.
Checking out a worm they found
I love this pic! That face just melts my heart!
And another funny one of Avery (who was prepared for very cold weather).
The boys had a couple of guys only excursions this month. Jonathan took the boys to Woodland Park Zoo. They got out of the house shortly before lunchtime, so he even packed sandwiches to bring along. I thought this was an impressive touch!
Avery offering his Pop Rocks to the interested otter
Jonathan said this otter swam right up to Silas, but he was too busy looking at his feet to notice.
One of three leopard cubs born on Avery’s 6th birthday
No trip to Woodland Park Zoo is complete without burgers at Red Mill!
They also went hiking together. Silas loved getting out of the backpack and hiking with his big brothers!
We took the boys to the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival in early October. We got out of the house a little late that morning, and then realized shortly after driving away from the house, that neither of us had consumed enough coffee yet. So when we got to Issaquah, we navigated around the streets that were closed for the festival, trying to make our way to one of our favorite coffee shops (because, you know, not just anything will do for us. Starbucks, or Charbucks, as we call it, just doesn’t cut it). Finally we get to the shop, wait in line for our coffee, and are ready to take on Salmon Days with our three little darlings. And I have to say, crowded festivals just aren’t that fun anymore. Not with three people under four feet tall, one of whom is in a stroller. We caught part of the parade, which Avery enjoyed, but Kieron was feeling sensitive to all the loud noise, honking, and marching bands. We meandered through the crowds and booths, but the boys were too short to see anything, and we were just happy to get through with all three of them. The highlight was leaving to get pizza at Zeek’s, a local favorite of ours. Not sure if we’ll go to Salmon Days next year, maybe we’ll just go watch the salmon jump on a weekday!
