Quinlan got his first taste of one of Dad's favorite pastimes - pumpkin picking! There is nothing quite like looking through a field of pumpkins searching for the perfect one. Q as usual was more interested in the dirt but he did eventually like examining some of the strange large orange objects. The last time he was in a pumpkin patch he was only a few weeks old. He fell in a squashed pumpkin covering his knees in pumpkin guts. He also took a header into another pumpkin after Dad sat him on one trying for a good photo ;-( He was a little skeptical when we were carving out his first pumpkin face. He tried eating some of the pumpkin and loved banging his spoon on the pumpkin ;-)

Harvest time is approaching again and this year we find that we get to share my favorite season with a one year old! The last time we went apple picking Quinlan was still in his Mom's belly. This time around he is treating the apple trees like his own personal lunch buffet. The little man loves nothing better then throwing leaves around and munching on Quinlan size apples. Although not as big as the apple trees back home, we enjoyed the day out. There is nothing like the smell of apple wafting through the cool crisp autumn air. Next we will have to see how he does in the pumpkin patch!

We took a drive down to the coast once we both finished our school year. It was a beautiful secluded spot filled with miles of sandy beach and a rolling coastline. Q was loving the sand and would have been content to play with it all day long. The water was a little cold. The strong wind did not encourage any of us to take a dive. I bit the bullet and waded out into the water for a dip while Quinlan and Mom hung out on the shore. Q thought the water was to cold and did not appreciate being placed in the water even with his feet so we headed back to the beach where he would just play in the sand ;-)