lovely autumn

things are starting to get a bit frigid here in iowa so scott and i have made sure to get out on some field trips together before everything freezes over. on monday we headed up to saylorville lake to go sight seeing and walking.

scotty loved tromping around in the leaves.


this is one of my favorite little shots of him. sometimes when he wakes up from his nap he is so sad that he just can't let go of his cuddly blanket for at least a couple hours. so here he is in the leaves with his comfort item.

after a good hour or two of driving scott and i finally figured out how to get down to the water. scott was in heaven.looks like all those times of watching me do 'yoga on the beach' tapes really paid off.
i have to take a moment out to say that while its mom that does all the planning and the execution of the planning... none of it could be done if scott wasn't such a stellar little back-seat-driver.

next. on tuesday we went to howell's pumpkin patch! we love this place because not only does it have all sorts of fun stuff for us to do, but the drive out there is beautiful.
here's our little man in front of a whole lot of pumpkins.

this was so funny to me because scott just wanted to play with this little "goat food" machine but all the goats thought he was going to feed them so they were up against the fence paying oodles of attention to scott without him even knowing why.

i really was worried at one point that this big ugly one was going to eat him.

i tried getting scott to feed the goats, but he was a little intimidated. rightfully so.

it took a while for scott and i to get the timing right on the tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch. but we finally made it.

this is the pumpkin we picked. perfect right?

and here's another shot that i loved. its so classic of scott. standing in the middle of a field of pumpkins and all he wants to do is get that darn hat off.

i loved sitting next to scott on the ride back to the farm and seeing him holding tight to his pumpkin. it was a prized possession.

and here we are. the two amigos. while the third amigo is studying his brains out at school.

thanks dad.