The Florida Gatchel Daily

Picking Apples

I had really been looking forward to celebrating Fall when we were up in Ohio, so it was a wonderful treat to get to go to the apple orchard and actually pick apples :) Noah really enjoyed himself!

Noah and Grandma picking apples

Look what I did!

Gently putting it in the bag

This looks like a good one

Pull!

Grandma lending a helping hand

Lots of apples

This one is all mine

Uncle Scott lends a helping hand

Good thing Uncle Scott is so big and can lend a lift!

After we got back from the pumpkin patch we carved the pumpkins. Well, mostly my mom (bless her) helped Noah carve his first pumpkin ever! They planned out the faces and Noah did most of the carving himself. I was most impressed with the end results :)

Starting by scraping out the seeds

He wasn't too sure about the 'guts' at first

Have to have a good top!

Ewwww

Mikayla (eating yet again) got to help, too

Noah scrapes out the inside while Grandma starts on pumpkin #2

Planning out what to carve

Noah carving

Mikayla with yet another apple

My 'tiny' baby that they were so worried about now does nothing but eat! This day (though I don't have any pictures of it) she ate chicken wings. And ate, and ate, and ate...

I need this one

And ate and ate and ate

Got a piece out!

And ate

Mmm, apple

Still eating ;-)

Noah and Grandma

Oh look, Mikayla is still eating

Pumpkin #1

Starting work on pumpkin #2

Putting on the face

This kind of nose?

Noah thinks that is great

Pushing in the pieces

Very carefully

yay!

He thought it was really funny to put the carved pieces in the pumpkin

Pumpkin #2

He was very proud

Taking a picture to send to Daddy

Noah and Grandma's pumpkins!

Noah at the Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch so Noah could pick some pumpkins to carve with Grandma and Papa. He of course (though it was rainy and cold) had to check out EVERY pumpkin in the patch to find just the right ones :)