Halloween Part II - Pumpkin Fest and More

 LL Bean does a great job giving back to the community and Pumpkin Fest is yet another festival they provide that I'll add to my list of annual Fall traditions. While we truly only had a glimpse, as the temperature were dipping and we were ill-prepared to stay warm outside, I did snap a couple pictures of the amazing display of jack-o-lanterns.  Over 6,000 total lit the night on the parameters of the LL Bean flagship store.  It was an amazing and beautiful site and an event I will look forward to returning to next year.

As we fled home from the festival shivering, we sped passed houses where people frantically raked leaves and brought lawn furniture in to prep for the impending snow storm.  Later that night, just days before Halloween, the storm arrived.  Well hello snow.  It's been just a short 6 months since we saw you last and really, we are not quite ready to have you back..Certainly not all 8 inches of you. But with a deep breathe and kids jumping with excitement we were also reminded of the newness and delight of the first snow fall of the season and had to take advantage of a day without power and a snow covered yard.

Nana came to visit just in time for the storm.

We even got to sled in our back yard!