Day 12: Long Island family fun

Here’s Sam cheering Stacie on at her volleyball game (which they won!). We also picked out a pumpkin this morning and some really wild colored gourds for the front stoop. It was fun to do some fall things and have the air be appropriately warm and crisp 🙂 Tonight we had awesome pizza for dinner and Sam had about three different desserts I think. He had grass on his forehead (from romping on the front lawn with Stacie, learning how to do sprawls and other cool moves) and frosting all over his chin. Happiness! He’s having a blast playing monkey with cousin Richie and soaking up all the attention from Aunt Diane and Uncle Cool. Jen and Stacie lavish lots of loving on the little guy. He is lucky! We are enjoying ourselves, and looking forward to seeing Gail and Bill soon.
I’m smiling at all the thoughts of your fun! Want a pic of the whole fam — or whoever’s there when the camera clicks! I hear you about the weather — I’m in Cali with crisp mornings, nights are low-mid 50s, and mums and pumpkins are showing up everywhere. I miss the weather changes, too.