PUMPKINFERNO!!

Yesterday we joined friends to see the PumpkInferno exhibit at Upper Canada Village in Ontario.  We first had dinner in Massena, NY (Yes, we crossed the border just for dinner...and in Massena of all places) with June, Mike and Christopher before heading back over the border to head to the exhibit.  (Dinner was very yummy and inexpensive too!  We brought home leftover pizza and it is so good!!)  After dinner, we joined Carrie & Cristina and Richard, Laura, Allyson & Emily to see the sights!

Upper Canada Village is like Colonial Williamsburg just on a smaller scale.  The weather was perfect last night for us to walk around the village after dark to check out all the amazingly carved pumpkins!  There were 4,500 pumpkins that had been carved in many different themes.  The kids loved it and it was so nice to be out enjoying the weather, friends and the Autumn season before the snow flakes fly or Hurricane Sandy dampens our spirits!

A mermaid

 Beavers building a dam

Beautiful dragonfly

 Pirate and his booty

 Garden

 The Headless Horseman

Aumtum Afternoon at McMaze

Last weekend, Arabella and I gave Jay an afternoon to himself and joined Ronald and Bram at the McMaze near Cornwall, Ontario.  We had never been before and Arabella loved it.  They had many different outdoor activities for the kids - animals, pony rides, mazes, a haunted trail/walk, pumpkin patch, corn maze and more - nothing like an afternoon in the fresh air.  It was overcast and cool, but we still had a lot of fun.  We picked out a few more pumpkins to carve and a bale of hay to decorate with.  McMaze is open all year round and it might be fun to go in the winter when there is snow for sleigh rides!

 Baby kittens with their mama. 

Box from Nana

Nana was in France for a few months and while she was there, she sent Arabella a box of goodies.  The box was really banged up nothing inside was damaged.  She was excited for the sun hats. She had fun checking out the snail shells and really big pine cones too!

Fuzzy Friend

Walking home from school one day, Arabella and I found a fuzzy caterpillar in the street.  We decided to take him home with us and make him a habitat.  He now lives outside our backdoor in a nice and cozy habitat and he seems very happy!

I NEED to Make This for Halloween Next Year

Trip to Ottawa

Earlier this month, Arabella and I decided to join Jay on a trip to Ottawa.  It was a quick overnight trip during the week, but fun nonetheless.  Jay dropped Arabella and I off at the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology and then he headed off to his meeting at the dealer.  We had fun exploring the museum all afternoon (some of the exhibits were a little advanced for Arabella, but she still had fun checking things out) - and were worn out by the time Jay came back to get us!

 Checking out a snow plow.

 Learning about leaders in Canadian science and technology.

And exhibit on the Titanic.

 Checking out the canoe exhibit.

 There was a really neat exhibits on cars.

I think she liked the train exhibit the best.  It was a huge room filled with full size trains!

Look how little she looks next to the huge trains!

Driving one of Dad's off-highway trucks!

She had fun on the snowmobile too!

 Trying out the real, working periscope!

Once Jay picked us up, we checked out the train and rocket that was outside before it got to chilly!

Our hotel was nice, but the room was a little odd...like the really big clock on the kitchen wall but the tiny stove...

or the one legged sink in the bathroom...

We stayed in a fun area with little stores and bakeries.  We found so really yummy cookies and Arabella was excited to get a Hello Kitty cookie!

The next morning we had a very good breakfast and then hit the road to get home in time for school for Arabella.  We got very silly in the car on the ride home which was a lot of fun!

Thanks for letting us tag along Jay, we had a very fun time!!