Apple Picking

We went apple picking today at a nearby orchard and were very pleasantly surprised by the abundance of Macouns still on the trees! I absolutely LOVE Macouns and thought we had missed the brief window that they are available. But I guess it was a real bumper crop this year, as we picked 10 lbs in about 5 minutes! Kyle had fun gnawing on an apple (although he wasn't able to break the skin) and he also enjoyed probing apples on the trees with his index finger :) Our neighbor and his 3 yr old son Jack joined us too, which was fun. Maybe we'll go back to this orchard next weekend to pick out our pumpkin (and to stock up on even more Macouns if they're still available!). And what a GORGEOUS day it was today!! It makes me sad to think that days like this are numbered...

And Kyle was great during the Pats game today...played independently for the 1st half and napped for the 2nd half, so we got to watch the game (great win!) with little interruption. The only negative of the day was that Kyle's head cold seemed to peak today, which made nursing near impossible because his nose was 100% blocked. This is his first cold in a while and I had forgotten how sad/frustrating it is when he tries to nurse and can't, and then becomes hysterical with real tears :( He wouldn't drink milk from a sippy cup either, so he basically went the entire day without liquid. But his bath tonight cleared him up a little though and afterward he nursed for a while, which was a relief because we were worried he was dehydrated. My cold peaked yesterday and I feel a lot better today (except for a bad cough). And amazingly Jared still hasn't caught it, knock on wood...