The Pumpkin Liner

A few weekends back, we ventured up to Horseshoe Bend for a special ride on the Pumpkin Liner.


The train trip was lots of fun and we ran into friends who have a daughter, Fiona, that's just a bit older than Simon. As you can tell from this photo, neither Simon nor Fiona were in the mood to have their photo taken that day. Simon did manage to find a pumpkin with dirt on it to play with, so it's all good...

Happy Halloween

If you ask Simon what he's dressing up as, for Halloween, he'll tell you he's a ghost. But in reality he's been an adorable lion, complete with a roar, at least for mom and dad.

Festivities started on Saturday with a trip to the Boise Zoo for a special Halloween event. They had volunteers in costume roaming around to hand out candy and special booths all over the place, all mobbed with kids and parents in costume. Thankfully, Simon was only interested in seeing the animals.


Today, Simon and I carved a pumpkin and later went on the prowl around the neighborhood.



All in all, it was a great Halloween.

I'm not tired.

Someone refused to take a nap in his crib and insisted he wasn't tired. It's a different story in the car.

Tailgating at the Broncos game

We rode our bikes to Simon's first tailgate party this morning. Lots of food and broncos fans! It was all very exciting.

IBG Harvest Festival

On Sunday we went to the harvest festival at the Idaho Botanical Garden.  There was music, scarecrows, and snacks. The highlight for Simon was picking out his own pumpkin. He carried it around for the rest of the day including when he went into the corn maze.

Helicopter & Horses

Simon and I went to Bogus Basin this morning. They were flying the towers for the new ski lift. We got to see the helicopter up close as it flew over us with the parts.

While we were there a couple came by on horseback. It was busy morning  up there today.