Yum!

I love trying new recipes. I tried this buttercup squash and apple recipe yesterday. It is so good and easy. I wanted to share this recipe with everyone to enjoy!
I have been trying to get back into bread making. Since our recent move and Chloe being born I haven't found much time (or I should really say energy) to bake bread. This is my favorite bread recipe book. Tonight I made pita bread and a whole wheat honey bread. While baking the pita bread I was doing laundry and I realized that the oven temp dropped dramatically - about 150 degrees too low. I discovered if I'm using hot water in the washer and the stove is on there is less gas going to the stove. Not a good situation when trying to bake bread. So the pita bread became naan which is ok. Moving two times in the past year has made finding all the quirks in each place amusing.

We are preparing for Holloween here; Ethan carved a pumpkin, I think it looks really cool.


This is going to be Adah's first year trick-or-treating, She is going to be a ladybug.

Isn't she cute!

Chloe

It is amazing how fast time is flying. Chloe is already 5 months. She has been growing and surprising us everyday. It has been really amazing to see Adah and Chloe interact. Chloe is watching Adah's every move and Adah wants to hug and kiss Chloe every chance she can get. Here are a few recent pics of Chloe, she is such a happy baby.

Autumn Outing

We went apple picking today, at Outlook Farm, just down the road in Westhampton. Very fun, we ate lots of the sweet, crisp fruit, and we took some pictures to boot! If you want to see more photos, check them out at our Flickr account. Adah had a great time once we found some trees with apples within her reach. She is mighty tall for a two year-old (95th percentile,) but still not THAT tall.
The drive to the farm was lovely, with the foliage coming into its Autumn splendor. Every once in a while you see trees that just don't look real, they're such fantastic colors.
We're really enjoying trying out the local produce, and discovering new veggies together is one of the things that Ethan and I really love. Since coming to the East Coast, with it's distinct seasons, we've been discovering squash! Today we picked up a Pumpkin to carve (and for seeds), three Buttercup squash (our favorites discovered last Fall) and a new variety to try: Sunshine squash. Bright orange and very sweet, we really enjoyed this type for dinner baked, with some sauteed sausage, onions and green peppers. I made some pumpkin muffins with the leftovers, which are delightful.
So now we're hanging out, listening to the Red Sox game on the radio (game 6 against the Indians) Go Sox!

Bobo

Bobo is Adah's sock monkey. Ethan and I made it for Adah for her birthday(I can't believe she is 2!). It was really easy and fun we found the instructions here. At first the monkey was a little scary to Adah, but we named the monkey Bobo from a favorite book Hug and now she thinks Bobo is pretty cool.

Some knitting news...finally

I have finally finished my Winter Thermal. I started knitting this at the end of April and finished it mid September. I think it went pretty fast since I had Chloe in the middle of May!
For Adah's Birthday I made her a pair of colorful socks. She loves them and wears them around as much as she can.


I am currently working on socks for myself. Monkey is the pattern. I am knitting them in opal sock yarn. I am almost done with the first sock. The pattern is really fun, I haven't done much lace knitting I am really enjoying making these socks.