Hiking up Mount Beacon - Oct 18

It is really pretty in New York right now with all the leaves changing colors. We thought it would be fun to go on a little hike with Thomas, so he could run around and play in the leaves. Thomas had fun going up the trail, but did not do so well coming down. He wanted to keep going up. He was pretty independent too. He wanted to do everything by himself. On the trail, there was a set of stairs that had probably 200 steps. He made it to the top and even went down all by himself. We stopped and ate lunch while we sat on a rock that overlooked a pretty view of the Hudson River.

Trunk or Treat - Oct 17

Our ward's Trunk or Treat activity was this weekend. Thomas had a blast being a dog! He really got a kick out of seeing all the kids in their costumes. When he first saw some of his friends, he started laughing. During the costume parade, he went up to the front of the stage and started dancing with his friend Charlie (she is the one in the mouse costume). Then he went on a mini hay ride, picked a pumpkin, painted the pumpkin, and then went trunk or treating. He got the hang of trick or treating really fast. Ryan had fun decorating our trunk.

Dancing with Charlie the Mouse

Picking his pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch

Painting his pumpkin

Ryan was blinding me with our flash...but ut was the only picture we had of our trunk.

Pumpkin Picking - Oct 11th

Today we went pumpkin and apple picking at Weed Orchards. Thomas had a lot of fun picking the apples again. He also had fun playing with Sonoma. This time we picked 38 pounds of apples and 2 pumpkins. Afterwords we had a picnic lunch and then ate some apple cider doughnuts with apple cider. We had a good time!