Category Archives: Benjamin
Grape adventures
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In October the kids and I headed to a vineyard to buy different kinds of grape juice. I use it to make jelly and we freeze some to drink through the year. Our first stop was a little overlook above Canandaigua lake. We ran around, rolled down hills, hiked and had our Wendy’s lunch.
We brought our own jugs for the juice. Each week during harvest a few different varieties are available and it’s fun to try different kinds. They range in price from almost $18/gallon for Riesling (which we don’t spring for) to $5/gallon for Catawba.
Ben was fascinated with the measuring instruments, little scientist.
You can sample some juices too, the kids had fun picking some out and mixing them!
Before we left we met this cutie, he’s an English Shepherd, the kind of dog I grew up with.
Thanksgiving 2017
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We headed into Lockport to spend Thanksgiving with Andy’s parents, my mom, Paul and Gabby. Andy’s mom had made a thankfulness tree and each person contributed.
Cassidy’s was my favorite, she loves her duckies!
Dinner was wonderful!
After the meal, Aunt Gabby took the kids for a walk along the canal. There was minimal whining and complaining…
They warmed up by the fire afterwards. Everyone was teasing me because I served the kids hot water in tea cups. Both had been having some “intestinal” issues and I didn’t want to make things worse with hot cocoa. I suppose it will go down as the Thanksgiving I fed them bread and water rations ;-)
Playing with the fart app on Andy’s phone.
Snuggling with grandma during a movie.
Cracking nuts with grandpa. Ben didn’t really want to eat any of them, but he certainly had fun breaking them open.
The next morning we headed to the park. It was a bit chilly but bearable in the sunshine.
Andy’s dad was commissioned to build this “little library” for the Santa cottage at the park.
It’s a little replica of the main cottage and is SO cute.
The kids each got to take a book and leave a book.
Hams!
It was such a nice Thanksgiving spent with family. So thankful for the time with them :)
Octobers
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We had an unusually warm and wonderful October in Upstate NY. One afternoon after Ben got off the bus, we headed to a nearby trail for a little adventure. Ben used to call them “adBentures” :) The kids found a couple of strange looking bugs and then started collecting acorns and nuts.
Then they started drawing pictures on the gravel path. It was pretty cute actually, a few walkers passed by to let us know they’d seen the pictures and it had made them smile.
We took a break on a graffiti covered bench.
And met this handsome fella. His name was Indy and he was very sweet with the kids.
The trees were on fire! October is my favorite!
