Pumpkin Picking

We took a trip up to Muscoot Farm early this morning to pick out our 2011 pumpkins. Matthew has a little cold, but that didn't dampen his spirits for the trip.
Noah, as usual, was just along for the ride.
Matt tried to calmly explain the pumpkin picking process to Matthew.
Matthew wasn't interested! He just wanted to run from pumpkin to pumpkin to pumpkin.
We were able to corral him enough to take some cute pictures.
I tried to recreate our cuteness from last year.
Matthew did a good job picking out 3 pumpkins to take home.
Noah was happy to be out of his carseat for a bit.
I love this photo because I think it's funny - doesn't it look like Matt's doing shadow puppets on my jacket??!!
We loaded up our wagon with our pumpkin and farmer's market goodies.
And we headed home.
When we got home Matthew was beyond excited to decorate our new pumpkins.
He worked with Matt to get the pieces just right.
And now, Woody and Buzz stand guard at our front door.

Mommy's new phone

I got a new phone yesterday. The Apple iPhone 4s. I was due for an upgrade and when I upgrade, I upgrade! The best feature of my new phone - the camera. I think it's better than my actual camera!

To test the waters, I took all my pictures today with my phone. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

We drove out to Paramus today to pick up a few things at Ikea. Matthew insisted on wearing his shades today.
We hit up the Christmas Tree Store as we waited for Ikea to open. Matthew is obsessed with witches lately and just had to have this hat.
When Ikea did open, we had to take a quick break to feed Noah. So we indulged Matthew and let him have a frozen yogurt cone at 10 in the morning (I didn't feel too bad about it because we sat next to a dad who was feeding his kid the same thing!).
Ikea already has their holiday displays up. Matthew thought the ornaments were edible. I stopped him just as he was going to take a bite.
I managed to get Matthew to agree to a quick pic in front of the tree with Noah. Not exactly Christmas-card-worthy, but cute nonetheless!
Tomorrow we are headed out to Muscoot to pick up our pumpkins. It'll be nice to carry just my nice new lightweight phone and know that I'll get such great pictures!

Wordless Wednesday: Matthew's partial list for Santa

Pics from the pros

We went to the mall today to attempt pro pics of the boys. And my fears for utter and total chaos were put to rest! Both boys actually cooperated.

We got some adorable pics of Noah.
Some unbelievably cute shots of Matthew.
And some "couldn't you just die from all the cuteness in the photo" pics of the two of them.
Even the bad pics were good pics!

Not Exactly Fall in NY

It was hot today in NY. It's been hot for the past few days - but today was August hot. And it was also the day of the town festival. We love this little fair in town. Although you would never know that my boys had any excitement for it. Could they look any more bored?
I did manage to get a good pic of Noah.
And a cute pic of Matthew too.
But for most of the afternoon, they looked like this.
Matthew got a free book from the local library. It was about robots - Matthew's latest obsession.
We did squeeze in a few vendor games.
Collected a few little goodies along the way.
And we discovered that instead of kissing babies, politicians now just sticker them.
It was a short day out. Too hot for too much fun. Tomorrow it's going to be hot too - but we'll be in the air-conditioned mall attempting to get pro pics of the boys done.

If anyone sees Mother Nature, can you tell her to send fall to NY!

Wordless Wednesday: Casual Dining

The Weekend According To My Phone

Matthew awash in a sea of toys.
Noah's big boy toy stalking continues.
As does his thievery.
Reading is fundamental.
Silly hats at Target.
Mmmmm...Pez.
Sack of potatoes.

And last, but certainly not least - Agent P.