Wickham Farms

Sunday we went to a pumpkin patch with everyone and really enjoyed the gorgeous weather.  Angela and I went grocery shopping at Wegmans (love that store!) and had some girl time over chai teas before heading back to get everyone ready for the day.

Pumpkins and Chai teas.  Wish I could start everyday like this!

A huge over 600 lb. pumpkin!

Of course once the kids saw this they just had to climb on!

Each time Mikey went on the train ride he was the conductor.

Katie wanted to go on the inflatable bounce thing.

We played mini golf by putting the ball down two inches from the hole.

Getting rest from the hot and bright sun.

Francesca even went on the train.

Mikey the conductor waving hi!

Katie waving hi!

Picking pumpkins.

I'm so strong Mommy!

Katie preferred to hold the pumpkins as though they were babies.

In the late afternoon we walked to the local school to watch some football game, play on the playground and went on a hunt for Halloween decorations in the neighborhood.

A cute little family of ghosts.

Lots of gorgeous leaves to frolic in.

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A spooky witch we had to inspect up close.

Check out that huge spider!

This house was decked out with tons of Halloween decorations.

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Lots of tombstones littered their front yard.

We decided to take the kids back out at nighttime for another walk around the neighborhood to see how the decorations looked in the dark.  Even more spooky.  Mikey was soooo excited to show everyone what he saw earlier in the day and we even saw other lights peering at us on our walk, like cat eyes poking out of bushes and blinking skeletons.  Such a treat to go outside in the dark.  The kids really enjoyed it!

Finger Lakes Wine Touring

Since we were only a little over an hour from the Finger Lakes Region in NY we decided to spend Saturday going wine touring. (I snuck in a run in the morning to void out some wine calories later in the day.) It was our first time going wine touring since 2008 when Scott and I went to Napa and Sonoma Valley over Thanksgiving and we knew that this would be a much different experience with 2 kids in tow.

We started at (Casa Larga Vineyard).  It was still early in the morning so it was a nice and relatively quiet vineyard with amazing views of the valley.  We didn't have to share it with too many people.  They also had a fun outdoor space that we spent some time in before driving to the next vineyard.

Mikey found a chocolate covered marshmallow.  Apparently he was so excited he held it up as if it was a trophy.

Some embellished chocolate they cut to make look like pizza so they could overcharge.

Lots of wines for sale that won impressive awards.

Their award winning Riesling, my favorite type of wine.

Lots of wines to choose from during our tasting.

Angela and Mike.

We purchased wines to take home including "Sparkle".  This is coming on our girls trip in Nov!

A cute little hay maze perfect size for the little ones.

Katie playing Marco Polo with Mikey.

The bug and I posing as grapes!

Mikey ran and ran up and down the vineyard twice!

Next vineyard was (Fox Run Vineyard).  By the time we arrived it was packed!  Finger Lake wine tasting is a serious business on the weekends.  This vineyard had a gorgeous view of Seneca Lake and an extensive wine tasting.  They even had grape juice for the kids to enjoy.  A few purchased bottles later and we decided to call it a day.  Francesca was having a rough day and we all thought it was better spent doing activities tailored to the smaller crowd.

Mikey sipping his grape juice and enjoying the view of the orchard.

Katie liked her grape juice too!

Scott and Mike Foster.

Our day wouldn't be complete without some chasing.  I love Mikey's face in this photo.

Rochester Trip

We left early on Friday and drove 5 hours up to Rochester, NY to spend the long Columbus Day holiday weekend with Scott's friend from childhood and his wife and daughter.  The weather was perfect all weekend long and we spent more time outdoors than inside.  I'll create a few different posts telling you all about our weekend.  Basically, Friday afternoon was filled with getting a tour of Rochester and meaningful places and playing outside and catching up with Mike Foster and Francesca.  Dr. Angela was busy working at the university!

Scott's Grandma's home she lived in for many years.  

Scott lived here among a few other homes we saw for a period of time.

An awesome quiet neighborhood and long paved driveway was perfect for riding scooters and bikes.  Mike Foster is a professional bike rider so they had their fair share of bikes to choose from.

Francesca.  A cutie.

Mikey used the pink tricycle to tote around Rescue Bot boulder.

Katie's pick of the litter was this scooter.

Us girls just playing around.

Their super cute home in Rochester!  

Sitting on the stoop.