Welcome, October!

October's always been my favorite month. I love the change in the trees, the green light to wear orange as much as I want, making soups without Kraig complaining that it's too hot outside for soup, the cooler weather, pumpkin cookies and the harvest.

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Here are a few ways we celebrated October yesterday:

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Kraig and the boys had their final (we thought) camp out of the season. Forget the fact that it was in the 40's overnight. I was convinced that they would come inside sometime during the night because of the cold, but my boys are definitely cut from the Webb mold. They survived the whole night outside by themselves and crawled in with Daddy in the morning to warm up. So cute!

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Our (now) annual trip up to Miller Farms to harvest. Our haul this year wasn't as extensive as last year because there was a lot of hail damage to the crops, but what we did bring home was much higher quality. True to Kraig form, he made good friends with our tractor driver and our driver took us to the fields they harvest for market in addition to the publicly gleaned fields. The boys were much more "helpful" this year with their shovels and "work gloves." I haven't totaled out pickings yet, but I'll post price/pound savings in a few days after we've processed it all.

Check out the time stamps on these photos on our way home after hours of harvesting and playing. They're 4 minutes apart.

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Pumpkin cookies! Need I say more? The boys and I ate some for breakfast this morning. Delicious!

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Welcome, October! You're like an old friend returning home after a long vacation.