On these warm fall evenings when it gets dark earlier than the summer, we've been taking a lot of nighttime strolls through our neighborhood between dinner and bedtime. The boys have lanterns from friends Emily and Chris that they love taking with us. There's something extra fun and wild and adventurous about going out at night on a walk. It's been fun watching more and more Halloween decorations going up around the neighborhood.

The playground at the JCC on the east side of town is pretty awesome. There are three or four different preschool play areas, each fenced in, with sandboxes and awesome trucks, and then a huge awesome big kids playground in the back. If we lived closer we'd be there all the time.

Last weekend we took a trip to Springside Farms, a neat little farm south of Syracuse. They had a barrel wagon ride and hay bale swinging and ziplining and lots of slides and tunnels and pedal carts and a barn-sized trampoline pad. Plus apple fritters and donuts. Jeff took pictures of the big boys so maybe he'll add his pictures later.