Apples & Pumpkins

At the Ithaca Apple Festival. We really liked our monkey balloon even though it hit L in the eye. Thanks Uncle Michael for a fun time! (and for the peaches)





Looking at worms in the compost:


At Chase Farms--We took a hayride with our Meetup friends got 2 gourds, 1 pumpkin, and one apple (well maybe two if you count the one we stole from the farm stand) We even found our way through the corn maze!











We had a great time at the Fairport Scarecrow festival this year. We went in the bouncy house twice, rode a pony and got our face painted like a cat!






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Our Big 3 Year Old Goes to Preschool!

Leila had her first day of preschool today! Her favorite part was painting and playing with rice on a table. They read Spot Goes to School and used dot paints on a picture of Spot. A few kids were sad when parents first left but quickly were ok. Leila was lucky to have her mom as classroom parent helper today.

Shevah is in the classroom next Thursday as well to celebrate L's birthday with the class. This will be the last in a series of fun birthday celebrations. We had brunch with Papa Lou and Grandma Elaine, dinner with Grandma Gail and Bill and ice cream/cookies with Grandma Marcia, Papa Bear and Uncle Michael. Thank you everyone for thoughtful presents and best wishes for Leila's special day.

Happy New Year!

A highlight of Rosh Hashanah, throwing our sins away (Tashlicht):








Apple Picking/eating at Love Apple Farms

Ma'Bloons

We like to put the syllable Ma in front of words like m'adults or ma'jrafe (giraffe) or ma'bloons! Tonight we went to the Festival of Balloons in Dansville, NY. It turned out to be too windy to launch but we saw the balloons inflated on the ground and had a picnic. Here are also some pictures from Uncle Michael's recent visit.















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Wisdom from the mouth of. . .

A friend of mine found this list of questions from http://www.montessoritidbits.blogspot.com They suggested you ask your child at the start of a school year and re-interview each year. Here are L's responses:

1. What is your name? Leila Dawn Faber
2. How old are you? 2
3. When is your birthday? in September
4. Who is your mommy? Shev
5. Where does mommy work? Medicare
6. Who is your daddy? Josh
7. Where does daddy work? at RIT
8. What is your favorite color? Purple
9. What do you want to be when you get big? astrophysicist
10. What is your favorite food? Pizza & ice cream
11.What food do you not like? I don't like to eat sand
12. What is your favorite animal? Zebra
13. Where do you want to live when you get big? with Orangutans [we've been spending a lot fo time at the zoo this week]
14. What does daddy say? No response
15. What does daddy like to do? He likes to hug you
16. What does mommy say? No response
17.What does mommy like to do? She likes to hug you too
18. What is your favorite song? Red red wine [?!?!]
19. What is your favorite movie?
20. What is your favorite type of ice cream? Strawberry
21. Where is your favorite place to eat? Champps
22. Who is your favorite person? Mommy
23. Who is your best friend? Baby rabbit, and my best friend 10 [yes, she means the number, which is also her best friend]
24. Favorite toy? Baby rabbit
25. Favorite TV show? Blue's Clues
26. Do you have any brothers or sisters? No

It's a softball?

We have some news...



We're long past the small fruits and berries stage, into handheld sporting equipment (softball)/random fruits and vegetables (avocado/turnip), and eagerly awaiting the onset of grapefruit and on toward the melon family. Honeydew, here we come!

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Over the river and through the woods. . .

. . . to Letchworth State park we go. This is referred to as the Grand Canyon of the east because of the deep gorge (~600 feet). We saw the three waterfalls (lower, middle and upper) and Leila climbed up 100 of the 127 steps to the bridge her own self!- and then slept the whole way back :)









And from earlier this week, mommy gets jumped on by someone cute:



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