All weekends are good, of course, but this one was great. For the first time in... about a month, I think, we stayed home. Esch went to Pittsburgh on Friday to be with his Dad after his neck surgery (poor Grandpa! Get well soon, we love you!) and we're happy to report that he's doing well. Wishing him the speediest recovery possible!
The Grandparents Grim (heehee) came to visit us in Macungie, and were nice enough to babysit W during a photo session I had on Saturday evening. They all went to see Uncle David's college soccer game and had fun, I was told!
We had such a nice time having Nanna and Grandpa at OUR home for once! Lots of playtime, proud showing-off of toys, and cuddling. When Daddy got back on Saturday, we let W stay up 2 hours past his bedtime to go to the Macungie Halloween parade! It was so cute. There were thousands of people lined up! He wore his little costume (will post pictures in the next few days) and LOVED the bands, fire trucks, etc. He sat with us "ooooh"ing and "VROOM! VROOM!"ing in awe as we shamelessly used his baby-in-costume cuteness to get float-riders to throw candy at us.
On Sunday morning, Nanna and Grandpa left (William cried) and we decided on a whim to go to a little "Pick Your Own" pumpkin patch I had passed the other day. As luck would have it, right as we pulled up they were loading kids and their families onto a hayride, so we hopped on, too. It was so much fun - gorgeous day, cute, excited little kids being surprised by the witches and goblins popping out in the woods (it was a pretty impressive production, actually - cute props and lots of "actors"), and William was clearly in heaven, sitting on a hay bale with his Daddy, being pulled by a huge tractor.
I was kicking myself that I didn't bring my nice lenses, so our pictures are nothing special, just snapshots. But they're still keepers to me - it was such a simple, fun family day. William was just beaming the entire time. We walked through a corn maze, W admired the many pumpkins and other cute little pumpkin gatherers.
He was the cutest, though. Of course. ;)
Hey:-) I follow your blog and look forward to your Monday posts. Out of curiosity, what kind of camera do you use and which lens(es)are your favorites? You take great pictures!!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot! I shoot with an Olympus E-420. The Pumpkin Patch photos are examples of just the "kit lens" which is 14-42mm. My favorite lens is a 50mm f/1.8 macro. It's great for portraits - very sharp, and can create nice creamy Bokeh (the out-of-focus background).
ReplyDeleteI also have a temporary blog for my photography business while the website is being built: http://egmphoto.blogspot.com
Thanks again! :)