Last weekend, the weather turned and brought cold, November-like temperatures, gray skies and lots of wind.  We knew this was coming, so we got out in the garden for some final harvesting.  Now, the clean up begins.

Lily turned 7 today!!  She had a great day – both at home and in town.  And she topped off the day with a birthday supper she chose: hotdogs, sweet potatoes, peas and crispy kale.  We finished with chocolate cake for dessert.

Last week was her birthday party with 7 of her friends.  Lily and Sylvia planned the whole party and did most of the work.  Here are a few highlights.

Petting chickens and a tour of our place.

A cake with a maze in the frosting. There were 7 candles for each of the 7 dead ends.

Pin the ribbon on the horse.

A temporary tattoo station.

Goody bags assembled by Lily and Sylvia.

We made necklaces for everyone to put in their bags. They turned out pretty cute.

I don’t think I’d ever get tired of this weather!  70s, blue skies, dry air.  Maybe San Diego wouldn’t be so bad after all…  We’ve been trying to take advantage of the fall colors and weather.  We never get out as much as we’d like, but here are a few of the fun things we’ve been doing this last week.

Walk at the Trout Hatchery. Guess who was being goofy this day?

Kicking around a basketball at the Trout Hatchery. They’ve really been into kicking balls around the yard or on our walks.  And we only have a basketball and a volleyball. A soccer ball might be a good Christmas present!

We find some pretty cool leaves!  Take that, San Diego!

Lily is helping Jon spread new grass seed.

I love this picture of Sylvia!

The setting sun gives us some great light on our yard!

The weather has been so lovely these past few weeks.  We’ve been finding fun things to do outside to take advantage of the warm days before the cold weather sets in.  The leaves have barely started turning yet so it’s still pretty green outside.

We are off to pick wild grapes. We noticed them in the ditch on our walk and went out to gather a few bags a couple days later.

I’ve never seen so many grapes in one place! The vines were loaded with them!

I mostly cut grapes while Sylvia held the bag and took pictures. 🙂

They are so pretty on the vine!

Sylvia’s photo of our neighbor’s farm.

The girls were having fun hiding in the tall corn on our morning walk the other day. It is such a fun place to hide!

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Running home.

Yesterday we made Dragon bread to celebrate a Waldorf festival called Michaelmas. The girls had fun creating their dragons.

Sylvia and her two cuties.

They tasted great, too! 🙂