my sweet October

My favorite month has come and gone. Bittersweet. Last October was spent on bed rest so this October I had planned to live it up as much as possible.

I got to take Hannie on her second field trip with school. This year it was to Milburn Orchards. It was really cool to see a "behind the scenes" view of the orchard we frequent often. I also discovered that Rome apples are pretty tasty!

The next day was my birthday so we decided to take the kids to Fifer Orchards, a little bit farther away and see what that was all about. Picking apples was a lot of fun and the first time any of us had done so. We will definitely be doing that every year. The apples at this orchard were not very tasty, not sure if that was a fluke or if that is the norm. The "Harvest Festival" was pretty fun and the kids really enjoyed all the activities.

After the orchard we dropped the kids with my mom and headed to Philly. We stayed midtown so we were able to walk the city and had a lot of fun. While there we visited Reading Terminal Market and Old City among other places. It was so nice to get away for a couple weekend.

We finally bought a new van, hooray!

The girls (baby boys) and I then drove said van to Lancaster and enjoyed the day at Shady Maple and the Outlets. Always a good time and we some how managed to pack an epic amount of pumpkins in the trunk, it was comical to say the least.

We had another hurricane this year, last year it was Irene and I think was in August. This time it was Sandy and it did not hit Delaware as bad as originally suggested; New York and New Jersey are a different story. We made out nearly unscathed, as with the last hurricane our ceiling leaked in the entry. Not sure if what we did to fix it was undone by this storm or if it was not fixed like we had thought. What can you do, it could have always been worse.

Tonight trick or treating is still on despite the storm and I'm looking forward to taking my Minnie's and Mickey out to collect their treats. A nice way to end being cooped up in the house the past four days.