Fall Family Fun

I say this every year, but life speeds up in the months of September - December.  So many fun festivals, events, and holidays to attend!  Here is a quick look at what we have been up to for fall:

Ethan and Olivia playing with cousin Nathan at a Labor Day party.  Sprinklers are a huge hit for any age!

Nathan and Ethan - it was monkey see monkey do all party!

Olivia and Ethan at our final Cardinals game of the year.

Olivia, as always, striking a serious pose.

Ethan proudly showing off his ball that Yadier Molina threw to him.

Olivia and friend Ava watching Ethan's coach pitch baseball game.

Ethan ready to field a hit.

Ethan with a big hit!

At the end of this game, siblings also joined in on a little scrimmage.  Olivia did pretty well with hitting.

Another yearly family tradition - Broom's Apple Festival.  We like this festival since they are so laid back about the kids picking the apples and also eating all that you want for free while in the orchard.

This year the apples were so large that it took no time at all to fill our two bags.

Ethan wanted us to make an apple heart.

From apples to pumpkin picking.  I have a bit of a pumpkin obsession, so we require two large wagons to hold all that we pick.  I would like to increase it to three wagons, but I am out-voted.

A perfect question mark pumpkin.

Ethan doing a meerkat impression in the pumpkin patch.

Olivia and Ethan in the giant pumpkin section.

Our haul this year.

Olivia and Ethan at the Marsh Elementary Family Reading "Knight".

Ethan is still playing soccer in the YMCA league.  He is #1 with the green and black hat.  Ethan does a great job as a defender.  Unfortunately, Olivia's soccer team made the move to become a traveling team and we did not have an interest in devoting that much time to her soccer, so her soccer days ended last spring.

Ethan enjoying Lincoln Memorial Gardens on a recent school field trip.