Happy Sunday! We spent the weekend canoodling as a family, making the most of this gorgeous weather. Hubs will be away next weekend on a business trip, so it was extra important that we make the most of our time together.
To be honest, I kind of feel like Fall just struck us out of nowhere! Do you guys feel the same way? One minute I remember I was still complaining about being hot all the time (doesn’t help that I’m carrying around a giant melon with me everywhere now that I'm well into my third trimester), and now suddenly we’re getting cool, crisp weather – busting out the scarfs, hats, boots and knits! Actually come to think of it, I am quite into all things Fall-fashion related. Bring it on!
Now that I’m a mom, Autumn holds a particularly special meaning, never before has apple-picking, pumpkin picking, and all of that jazz hold so much excitement. You start to see and explore everything around you via the lenses of your child, and it can be a truly magical experience.
This was also the first “Fall excursion” we made as a family for 2016... not to mention the fact that we haven’t been back to the New York Botanical Garden since the Holiday train show last December. Suffice to say, we had a total blast! The Everett Children’s Adventures Garden inside the New York Botanical Gardens was chalk full of magical creations by the artist Ray Villafane, master carver of pumpkins and repeat winner of Food Network’s “Challenge: Outrageous Pumpkins.” Small trivia, he even won the Guinness World Record for the largest pumpkin sculpture ever made! Circa 2011.
Apart from the pumpkins scattered throughout the garden, Villafane also created a series of scarecrows along the Mitsubishi Wetland Trail… which our munchkin also marveled at.
It was the perfect trip, and quite possibly our last one to the New York botanical gardens for the year, if I were to be realistic (somehow I just don’t see us venturing out there in December after the arrival of munckin #2, but you never know).
For me, it was an absolutely joyful family outing, and I highly recommend going if you have the chance! This very special "Scarecrows and Pumpkin" exhibit ends October 30, 2016.
For more info see here under NYBG Exhibition & Events.
Related:
Pumpkin Patches and Hello to Fall
'Tis the Season for Pumpkin Picking
Post Baby Chic -- Week 6 -- Fall Colors
