Day 293: Autumn Day Outing

Today felt like the official start of autumn - it was a brisk cool day with just the slightest bite in the air.  We spent much of the morning with a friend and her two children.  I forget how small Michal is - next to the 2 1/2 year old, she looks a little teeny!  She seems like such a big kid to me.  All about perspective, I guess.


We headed out to Cabin John Regional Park and spent our morning in the playground area.  Since it is a Jewish holiday, we all had the day off, and we had the run of this really popular park.  Had it been a weekend day, we might have had to share!

 Trying out some of the playground equipment. 

Since she isn't walking yet, Michal decided to ascend this bridge by crawling.
Here's a puzzle for you - what is missing in this picture?

(Shoe fell off early on.)

Looking through one of the tunnels.  She did not choose to climb through. 

Heading up another bridge to see her friend. 

Super tall baby! 

Sliding with Daddy! 

What is up with these leaves?!  She happily crawled all over the place, but she didn't seem to love the dirt. 

But she DID love the swing! 

Baby-sized play equipment. 

 Looking for Daddy (psst!  he's in the tunnel!)

Funny girl!  Found Daddy when he popped up. 

After lunch we bid farewell to our friends and headed to our favorite local farm (the same place we visited for apple picking a couple of weeks ago) to pick up our pumpkins.  Again, very few people out and about on a Thursday afternoon, so we had the entire pumpkin "field" to ourselves. 

She seems concerned here.  I don't remember why!

Hi there!!!  It is true - she is the apple of our eye!