I'm Susan — devout Francophile, mother of twins, writer, creative director, and aspiring author. I've been sharing my life here since 2010...thanks for reading!
Halloween is only a few days away, and we’ve been prepping the kids for their first experience (talking, crafting, reading, you name it). They are getting very excited, and I can’t wait to share their costumes with you! It’s possible that we are a bit more excited than they are, I’ll admit – but don’t all parents feel that way?! Reliving our childhood through them is so fun.
Happy Friday friends! I’m sharing our fun adventures in Philly over on the Little Hip Squeaks blog + IG feed today, I hope you’ll follow along! We had a day of carousel rides, miniature golf, and yummy treats. I hope you have a fun fall weekend planned…why does October always go by so quickly?! Too fast for me. Here are some links for your weekend reading…
BON WEEKEND!
As you can see, I’m pretty happy this time of year. The combination of crisp weather + pumpkin picking + cider + sweater weather + MY FAMILY = pure bliss. I still can’t believe this was only a year ago. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day to head to our local orchard…and we got there early enough to beat the crowds. We had the whole patch to ourselves! I’ll spare you pumpkin shots for days…this pretty much sums it up. What do you love most about the fall?
It’s that time of year…apple picking season has commenced!!! Apologies for the excessive use of exclamation points, but I cannot contain my excitement! We couldn’t wait to take the kids, since they probably don’t remember last year (or maybe they do, somewhere in their subconscious, who knows). It was the perfect fall day here in Pennsylvania, and our area never fails to intoxicate me during this season. We headed a few minutes down the road to Highland Orchards, who also happens to make award-wining apple cider donuts – SO good. The kids were very excited, and I dressed them in appropriate apple picking attire. Ha…I went for style over practicality, as usual. They had the biggest smiles the entire time. Henry was especially into the picking, while Marie preferred to collect and bag them (she likes things orderly–my daughter all the way). Our local paper happened to be at the orchard and we ended up having an impromptu photo shoot!
”A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”
The daddy/daughter bond is undeniable….these two have such an incredible love.