Fall Fun

It's our favourite time of year - crisp mornings (with maybe a touch of frost!), spectacular colours in every direction, and just all-around gorgeous days to be outside.

Our Valco stroller has been outstanding - we've been abusing it like crazy, and it still goes like it's brand new!  Here, Deavan enjoys the scenery on Wilbert's Trail in the back yard.	We were fortunate to source a babysitter for a WHOLE DAY (thanks, Casey!) so Gab & I could enjoy our anniversary (FIVE years already!) with our own rural ramble in the Ottawa Valley, finishing with a Polish dinner in Wilno.
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We also took advantage of the season - and beat the traffic - to enjoy a hike at King Mountain in Gatineau Park.	Deavan enjoys his new backpack carrier - traveling in style, safe and secure, and without sending Da-Da to the clinic with back problems!

 

Let's all go to the Fair!!

We're in the thick of the fall Fair season, and of course Deavan couldn't miss his first Carp Fair - in fact, it was so much fun, he went twice!

This was the 145th year of the Carp Fair - an impressive anniversary for our humble hamlet. Agricultural endeavours still feature prominently in the Fair and are a big part of what makes it so special and so much fun. As in previous years, Gab entered a number of contests, and took home prizes in 3 categories: Single Portrait (for a picture of Deavan, of course!), Mixed Herbs, and Ceramic Decoration.

Mark your calendar for next year's Fair!

Mom chauffeurs the carrousel horse	Taking a ride on the Eh! train
Hey kid!! (Get it?!)	Aunt Casey chauffeurs the carrousel horse
And Aunt Casey chauffeurs the giant pumpkin (she can drive anything!)