Welcome, Autumn

We are loving Fall up in here.
First, we made our traditional pumpkin bread (which, if it had been named after the most-used ingredient, would be called "sugar bread").
Next we created our annual "21st night of September" Willy Autumn Playlist.  We like a mix of old and new jams and this year's selection is no exception.

Be Gentle With Me (Boy Least Likely To)
Ne Me Quitte Pas (Regina Spektor)
Everybody Talks (Neon Trees)
12 Fingers (Young the Giant)
For Emily Wherever I May Find Her (Simon and Garfunkel)
Out of the Woods (Nickel Creek)
Folding Chairs (Regina Spektor)
Pay Phone (Maroon 5)
Time is All Around (Regina Spektor)
Kathy's Song (Simon and Garfunkel)
Fire to the Rain (Adele)
Heart Skips a Beat (Lenka)
Eleanor Rigby (the Beatles)
Cough Syrup (Young the Giant)
September in the Rain (Norah Jones)
Blackbird (Sarah Mclachlan)

I burned a few copies to give to friends (who doesn't love new music?) then we took our mix and hit the road, taking in the beauty of the changing leaves on a scenic drive.   

One afternoon, the boys were napping when Reese and Quincy got home from school, so I took advantage of my mom being here and took the girls for a quick afternoon date. We went up to the little roadside pumpkin "patch" (translation: state line fireworks stand turned overpriced seasonal produce/plant sale in a dirt parking lot right off the highway) in Jane, Missouri.  We filled a wagon with mums, white jack-be-littles and a blue cinderella pumpkin.  It was a short trip, but I enjoyed being out of the house for a bit with my two favorite girls.  

Reese and Quincy enjoyed our date, too, and eagerly helped me plant the mums in pots on our front and back porches when we got home.  The mums delivered two surprises---fuzzy caterpillars (white and brown) that quickly became "pets" and were named, "Chocolate" and "Vanilla".  Corbin REALLY gave those caterpillars some love and sadly, I don't think they're gonna make it.  Then again, chocolate and vanilla never tend to last long in this house anyway, so their fate is sort of expected ;)

I made a couple of batches of banana muffins and lemon blueberry muffins for breakfasts (I froze a bag of each for quick breakfasts next week), and we've reinstated crockpot steel cut oats on mondays.

The girls' primary program (adorable and entertaining) and the General Relief Society Broadcast were last weekend and General Conference is this weekend.

I love this time of year.
Happy Fall, Y'all!