Tags: allotment, hubby, munchkin, pumpkin, kids, vegetables, nursery
Date: 06 October 2010 13:12:18
Last time I posted, it was summer. Now it is most definitely Autumn. In our area, today is one of those beautiful autumnal days. It is sunny and warm but with a cool breeze disturbing the leaves and blowing them around a bit. It's a great day for wandering in the park kicking the fallen leaves around and picking up fallen apples and things to examine. Munchkin and I have been doing that a lot recently on our way to/from Nursery. He has been at nursery school (pre-school) for... well this is his 4th week. He absolutely loves it. He's always first through the doors when they open up at 9am and he doesn't look back for me! He usually gets stopped on the way is as Pumpkin and I lag behind (Pumpkin is more interested in playing with whatever presents itself in front of him). It is lovely to see him enjoying it so much and he obviously gets a lot out of it.
Pumpkin is also growing up and moving on as he should be. At almost 18 months old he's very confident climbing and running and is devising ways to defend himself against his older brother. Unfortunately one of these is holding on very tight to whatever it is he has that his brother wants (and is generally trying to take from him) and screeching at the top of his lungs. It is lovely that this isn't necessary when Munchkin is at Nursery and I am able to dedicate some time to playing with Pumpkin and taking him to groups things on his own.
The allotment is doing very well although the summer produce is as good as over now. We're a lot further ahead than this time last year - hubby has been really determined and went down most evenings after the boys were in bed to get on with picking and bits of digging ready for the autumn planting and ready for next year. Since then he has spent a lot of chunks of time away and now the darkness has already set in by 7pm so we are paying rather less attention to it. Fingers crossed for a few nice weekends so we can get it even better prepared for next year!!
I have been doing lots of baking in the last week or so and have also got a couple more courgette things to put up (got a bit distracted with going away towards the end of August and then school starting, etc.), but they should go in a seperate post.