Smoking and Drinking and Rollerblading

Oh right. Callum and Lupine are fantastic, mischievous, little friends. The look out for one another, and both are genuinely happy to see each other after a long separation: Sleep, work and daycare, naps, errands, etc. Callum has become "bored" with conventional books lately, and has instead taken to looking at magazines (Bicycling) and catalogues (Specialized, Thomas the Train [below], Bass Pro Shops, and the catalogue that came with Callum's firetruck [this is entirely in German, and showcases all the other German trucks you can buy at the Village Toy Shop in Easton]).


Good fall weekend, after a HUGELY wet week which only allowed me to ride to school three times. WE. GOT. RAIN. And this is putting off the painting projects I need to get done before the really cold weather comes. For the first time in a few years, we successfully got through September without a fire. Here we are on October 4, and although it is tempting, we will hold off.

Yesterday Callum and I had a boys day, as Lynne and Amanda went to Freeport to not buy Callum two things. Get it? Callum and I did the playground, went to Hannaford, watched college football, and smoked a chicken. Today, after church and nap, we went apple picking....this time to our third venue of the season. Also, it was the third week in a row we went apple picking. Today we visited THE APPLE FARM, right in our hometown of Fairfield. It is interesting to see the differences of each and every orchard we visit. The Apple Farm is definitely the most unadorned--for better or for worse--and has ACRES and ACRES of trees. They are a pretty big supplier to Hannaford, and they are known throughout the state for their cider. We took a wagon ride on a wagon pulled by two Norweigan Draft Horses. Beautiful, huge horsies.

I would like this for my desk at work. Or something. Sunday is "Patriots Day" in the Goldsmith household, and even though the Pats dont play until tomorrow night, we still don our Patriots garb of some types each Sunday. Today was "game shirt" day. Callum likes to say he and I are "Patriots Buddies."
Mommy needs a game jersey. Her Pats shirt is cool. But very girly.....

Look at the acres upon acres of apple trees!
And what would a visit to a farm be without the ceremonial sitting-upon-the-tractor. Callum was virtually terrified of tractors up until last week at North Star. Today, he literally ran up to the John Deere and begged to "ride" it