October 2012

Josh loves books and reading.  He was so happy one afternoon to just sit in our glider and look through his books for a long time!  So fun!

Another October evening spent with his beloved books. :)

The first weekend in October David flew to Utah for a J. Reuben Clark Law Society conference.  David is the midAtlantic regional representative for the Society.  The conference was held at Aspen Grove, David took this picture on a hike to Stuart Falls during the conference.

While David was out of town, Josh and I had a fun visit to the Please Touch Museum.  Josh looked so cute in a little white coat in the play hospital exhibit.

When David got back from his conference we went out to eat at the Shake Shack which had opened its Philadelphia location during the summer while we were in Utah.  Josh loved the crinkle fries and thought it was fun to feed them to me and Dave!

I took Josh to the Boo At the Zoo.  Josh still fit the dog costume he wore the previous year!  He makes a darling little puppy!

He looked so cute riding the carousel...

...and so cute riding the draft horse too! 

Another fun day at the zoo!  We just can't get enough! :)

It was a beautiful autumn day at the zoo.

Fall on the Schuylkill River.

I took Josh to Linvilla Orchards for some fresh apple cider and a cider donut.  I was disappointed by how commercial Linvilla Orchard seemed.  We were spoiled with such lovely and authentic orchards in Connecticut!  Hopefully we will find a better orchard to visit next fall!

The pumpkin patch at LIinvilla Orchard.

Their pumpkin display was cute.

Josh was sick and had a rough night sleeping one weekend.  We stayed home from church and snuggled in mine and David's bed.  He looked so sweet sleeping, poor boy needed the rest. 

Hurricane Sandy that wreaked havoc on the New Jersey shore and flooded the subway in NYC was little more than a few strong gusts of wind and some rain here in Philly.  David's classes were cancelled for two days nonetheless.  It was fun to have David home but kind of a bummer to be cooped up in our row home the entire time.

Josh and David with our Halloween pumpkin before we carved it.

Josh directed what shape the eyes and nose of our jack o'lantern should be.  It was fun to have Josh be more interested and involved in celebrating Halloween!

On Halloween we went as a family to the Wharton Kids Club party on UPenn's campus.  It was a great party with pizza, treats, a balloon artist, and face painting.

We took Josh trick or treating to just a few homes in our neighborhood.  It was fun and Josh did a great job saying "trick or treat" for his candy!

Back at home surveying his candy stash.