Weekending it

We have been so incredibly blessed with such good weather the majority of summer and fall. All the rainy days have come during the week or on Sundays, leaving most Saturdays filled with sunshine and that is truly wonderful! This week we were worried as the forecast said rain on Saturday and we had plans to go to Governors Island for the last time this season and take Kip to the trick-or-treating event like we did last year.

Fortunately, the weather changed and Saturday was warm and sunny! Mandy stayed over on Friday and we all got dressed-up and took the ferry to Governors!

Star of the day is Sheriff Woody!!!

Kip looked SOOOOO cute in his outfit. Grandma Johnson handmade his shirt and vest (it's a memory box keeper for sure) and Mandy got him the hat and boots. He was loving the outfit just as much as everyone else who saw him.

We had a picnic and then ran around.

Checked-out the carved pumpkins.

And then off to the pumpkin patch!

Kip had very specific plans to move all these little pumpkins and shortly after a group of older tourists were swarming him like paparazzi and taking their pictures with him. They didn't even really ask us they just started snapping away and eventually squatting down next to him for selfies. Kip was sort of oblivious to all of it and we just kind of stood there and laughed at the whole situation.

The tourists moved on and we continued to explore the area.

Eventually it was time to trick-or-treat and Kip caught the hang of it pretty quick and would climb the stairs and hold his bag open. Then he would climb down the steps and say "next one." He didn't ever say trick-or-treat but he noticed other kids sticking things in their mouths and eventually tried to do that so we unwrapped a piece and let him try a sucker for the first time. He loved it and soon started saying "candy, candy, candy" over and over.

It was pretty crowded and he was so small it became difficult to get him up and down the steps safely so we left the area with only a small amount of candy. The event was much more well attended than it was last year, likely due to the nice weather.

We rented a surry bike, went down the slides, shared some Popsicles, and then headed back to Brooklyn. It was a great tradition and we're all glad the weather made it work.

Sunday it poured rain nearly all day but that was okay because we had church inside and all our Sunday chores. Kip went to Sunday School for the full class no problems and I got to hear the sermon all the way through for the first time in at least a year. It was really nice and I'm glad Kip enjoys his class.