Pumpkin Patch - 2013

We made our annual pilgrimage to Curtis Orchard this week to pick out our family pumpkin. Traditions like this always remind me of how old the girls are getting. This year, we all picked up Abby after kindergarten and headed over.

Speaking of too old, look at the attitudes on display.

For the first time we decided to forgo the little red wagon, no need to fight over which stuffed animal rode along. We found our pumpkin deep in the back of the patch, well worth the trek.

That's it for now, I'm sure there will be updates once we've carved it and made our costumes.

Lunch Dates and Kite Fyling

We've had a very busy fall for the Champaign VanDuyne clan. Between Abby and Nora's school and Mom's work we're thoroughly done with the lazy days of summer. One of the things I've been enjoying about our fall are 'lunch dates'. Occasionally I'll pick up Nora from pre-school and the two of us will go out to lunch somewhere, and this weekend, never one to be left out, Abby requested a lunch date as well.

Nora usually wants a specific food, this time she wanted french fries, another time I talked her into Buffalo Wild Wings.


And sometimes we go back to my office so Nora can decorate.

Abby tends to request the restaurant specifically, so this time we headed to McDonalds.

While Abby and I were gone, Mom and Nora made raisin-cheese pizza (Nora's choice).

In other family news, Kristin took the girls kite flying in the back yard. They had a great time, Abby keeps referring to it as our 'wind experiment'.

All told it's another great fall.