Wow- Mother nature certainly sticks to her timetable and dished up a huge serving of Autumn weather this past week! Lower temperatures and increased clouds played the starring role for most of the week! But that didn't stop the McCarthy's!!
The weekend didn't take long to start, as we had friends over for dinner on Friday night. Our friends have 2 boys around Nathan's age and they all get along so well together! In fact, it was quite a sight to see, all three boys burst into tears, after it was announced that they are going home. They had so much fun playing Wii and with the Lego, that the thought of parting ways was too devastating for them! But I have to admit, everyone, including the dads, had a lot of fun, especially playing on the Wii! So the tears were justified!
Saturday was definitely the day of rest for us! Liesel even had the rare opportunity to sleep in until 8am! After Liesel got up and ready she headed out to Lenscrafters to have her eyes tested, and came home 2 hours later. That afternoon - Liesel and I managed to sneak in a nap, and then once everyone was awake, shepherded the boys into the car to go pick up the new glasses, and get some essential shopping done. Once we got back I fired up my grill and we had one of the tastiest, juiciest chicken breasts ever!
We put Josh to bed after bathing him, and then went downstairs for our weekly family fun night! It was my choice and I chose board games. I was so impressed with the way Nathan played Last word. We modified the rules slightly, but the premise was still the same - name as many things you can think of related to the topic on the card. Nathan was throwing in answers (all correct) left, right and center! He gave me and Liesel and good run for our money!
Then came Sunday..... Due to the day's hectic schedule, we decided to give church a skip so we could take a leisurely drive to a well known pumpkin farm about an hour south of us! This farm has so many different activities for young and old. Unfortunately - its all outside, and today just happened to be the coldest day of the season with temps in the lower 50s (F or 10C). Josh and Nathan both loved playing in the "corn pit", basically a sandpit, but filled with corn kernels instead of sand! But then we decided to take Josh out after he discovered that he can put these kernels into his mouth.....
Nathan had loads of fun in the kid's maze, spud slinger (slingshot for potatoes), 4-wheel pedal cars, the obstacle course and slides, and the wagon rides. We all also jumped aboard their trailer - for a hay ride through the fields and woods! Finally to end the excursion, we went and picked out some pumpkins for our Fall decorations! Nathan did a great job pulling the wagon with the 26 pound pumpkin on it! Once we had the pumpkins packed in the car - we buckled up and drove an hour home....
Later that afternoon, our babysitter came and Liesel and I headed out on a double date with some good friends. We went to a restaurant and had a wonderful time, relaxing, chatting and enjoying our food. Something we don't get to do very often :)
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