{it's officially fall}

I love this time of year. The leaves are starting to turn colors, the days are cool but not cold, and the nights are crisp. It's time for apple and pumpkin picking and with those come the smells of apple cider and donuts. Yum. Today was the perfect fall day and we took full advantage of it. I think most of these pictures are self-explanatory, so I'm just going to post them all since I have so many to share. (Although I guess the first one probably deserves an explanation... Debbie told me that I always capture Morgan with a far-away, contemplative look. Well, here's the real reason -- when I try to take a picture with her looking AT ME, THIS is the face I get. Can you say goofy smile??)

{vote!}

{homecoming!}

Here's what's been going on here....

We had a nice dinner for Rosh Hashana. Only ONE bakery around here sells challah, and they didn't have any extra round challahs (next year I'll know to pre-order) so I had to bake my own. Not too shabby, if you ask me! And it tasted yummy, too!

Gerard was attacked by mosquitos last weekend and his eye swelled up like Rocky Balboa. I never would have guessed that three little bites above his eyebrow could cause this kind of reaction! This is what it looked like on day 2:


And this is day 3:

Morgan is getting cuter (and funnier!) by the day. Here are some pictures of her, and a few of the two of them playing together so nicely.

Today was homecoming in our district. Each of the lower schools was able to enter a float into the parade and anyone from that school could ride. Gerard just had to ride on their float (although I don't think he had any idea what a homecoming parade float was). Morgan, big Gerard and I watched from the sidelines.

Edited to add: The float was not just a pickup truck, Debbie! There was a flatbed attached to the truck and it was decorated for spring (the theme was the 4 seasons). Gerard just decided to ride in the back of the truck because our neighbors were in there. They're all wearing raincoats and rainboots for spring. :)