Fall Catch-up

I think this is the largest number of pictures I have put in a single post. Sorry. But I got a new phone with a good camera, and took some pictures I wanted to post, and it has taken me a while to figure out how to transfer the photos to my computer (I'm getting old, I guess--technology is harder to figure out than it used to be!).

James and his friend Lukas went to Primitive Pursuits day camp during fall break. This is how they looked when I picked them up.
Tired and dirty.
Our playgroup went apple picking. Here's Jack in the apple wagon. We picked a bushel of all different kinds of apples and made applesauce, apple pie, and ate apples for a couple of weeks.

Jackson took it upon himself to taste every variety we picked.

Jack and I picked up James from a birthday party at Cayuga Nature Center. They have the coolest tree house/play house I've ever seen. Jack loved it, too.

Here's the playhouse, it's several floors high (you can see the top of it through the trees at the top of the photo). It has all kinds of ladders, ramps, holes, ropes, etc. inside for climbing around.

We had Jack's friend Clara over and they were so excited to jump into the pile of leaves I had raked.

They loved throwing the leaves, too. Poor Clara kept getting them in her coat.

We also went with some friends to Iron Kettle Farm. They have these hilarious displays of pumpkins in costumes.

We went on a hayride and James went through the corn maze.

They also have the largest selection of pumpkins I've ever seen. The kids had a fabulous time picking out pumpkins for themselves.

And last, but not least, James competed in a scout science fair hosted by our ward pack. We did an experiment finding iron in foods with a very strong rare earth magnet.

James was so excited to win 1st place in the Bears den. The fair was sponsored by the USDA in conjunction with Cornell University and the judges were graduate students.

So, it's been a pretty full fall for us!