October - Noni and Pop Pop's visit

Hands down my favorite month of the year. The leaves. The weather. The pumpkin farms. The farm days. The carnivals. The costumes. I love it all.

One thing that made this October extra, super special was a visit from Noni and Pop Pop. Here are some pics from their visit.

Noni took the boys and I shopping for Halloween decorations and our traditional shirts. We are nothing if not Griswold, people. ;-)

The boys each got a door to decorate – while wearing their costumes. Because shouldn't all Halloween decorating be done in costume?

We went to the Homestead Creamery Farm Day – an annual tradition.

Pony rides, hay rides, wagon train rides...

Roo showed off his mad scooter skills. I continue to be amazed at this kid's sense of balance.

We had walks to enjoy the fall weather and check out the houses in the neighborhood that were all decked out for Halloween.

Checking out one of the haunts...a homemade cemetery.

And what walk would be complete without a little acorn gathering this time of year?

And we took a day trip to Charlottesville. We could have spent a couple of days there. It was a neat little town – home of UVA and home to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, which I will see one day because it did not happen on this trip!

While our historical site tours didn't happen, we did take the boys to a children's museum and also let them ride this cute little hand-pushed carousel. Needless to say, they were in heaven. =)

I still have more October to share. Stay tuned...