Apples, Pumpkins, and Tractors Oh My!

Much to the city of Atlanta's great relief, fall is finally upon us.  We have all let out a collective sigh now that we're past the 80 degree days, the nights are cool and our electric bills have been cut in half. At least, I know we feel that way in the Freaney house.

I can hardly believe my last blog was over a month ago, I wish that I could account for the time but it's all zoomed by faster than I'd like.  Halloween is less than two weeks away and before we know it, we'll be stringing lights on Christmas trees and hanging ornaments.  We finally had a weekend at home with no agenda, which resulted in some lazy days which were much needed by all.  

Since Landon has started school in his two-year-old program we've seen him change so much.  His imagination has grown twofold.  It's quite hilarious.  He came running into the bathroom on Friday while I was in the shower exclaiming that "Daddy fall and hurt his leg!" So of course I bolt out of the shower, dripping wet, screaming downstairs to Kev to see if he's ok.  He came to the top of the stairs puzzled as to what I was talking about.  No, he had not fallen.  Landon just decided to make that up for fun..  We got quite the giggle out of Mr. Imagination.

It's so fun to look at Landon's classroom website and see the pictures of what he's done each day at school and being able to ask him about the different activities he did.  His face lights up and he chatters on for ages about his day, his friends and his teachers.  I wish I could bottle this joy and excitement up and open it in 10 years from now.  

Ever since we moved to Georgia I've been dying to go to the mountains to go apple picking.  We never found the chance to actually make it until this year and we had so much fun.  We drove to Elijay, about an hour north of the city.  Landon loved having Daddy help him up to pick apples high up on the tree, and of course taking a bite out of every other apple that touched his hand.  However I think his favorite part was the petting zoo.  Goats, chickens, cows, bunnies.  He was farm heaven.  Too bad for him, his parents are not the country, farm type.

  

 Of course in addition to apple picking we had to go pick our pumpkin out at the same place we've been going for years.  This was the first year Landon was really into everything around him.  He wanted to touch, do and be a part of everything that there was.  Although one would think that picking his pumpkins out would be his favorite, the hay ride to the patch and getting his face painted seemed to be the big winners!

Here are some more of our favorite pictures!  

Pure.  Puppy.  Joy.

Landon having a "clothes options" play date with his best pal Zoey.  Let's keep these play dates within the toddler years.  

A boy and his dog. 

No Cannoli, I wasn't trying to make the bed.

Just watching the cars go by.

A movie date with a couple friends and Mommy!

Taking Vedder potty.

We weren't used to the cold weather, left the windows open and the result was 55 degrees in the house!  Landon was resourceful and borrowed the dogs bed and a blanket to stay warm.