Our First Family Outing

In the 2+ years Al and I have lived in the city, we have never once taken a road trip. Sure, we took planes to go places, but we never attempted the simple art of renting a car and just going somewhere. One thing that I was really looking forward to this year was taking Izzie to the pumpkin patch in Central Park. Of course, after a beautiful week of perfect weather, there were thunderstorms this past Saturday - no pumpkin patch for her. I was completely crushed, and Albert made the last minute decision to rent a car and head out to a real pumpkin patch.

I got my foliage fix on the way there:


Izzie chillin'


One with the pumpkins:


Did I mention how hard it is to get her to look at the camera these days?


Picking her very own apple:


Albert being... Albert:


Do you watch Mad Men? I do.. its, hands down, the best show that is on the air right now. Its an incredibly well-written, captivating show that actually makes you feel smart when you're watching it (although I do love my Real Housewives and The Hills). Anyway, as we were driving by, I saw the exit for Ossining, so of course I had to yell out "Don Draper lives here!"



It was so incredibly refreshing to leave the city and see so many trees and no buildings. We were only 1.5 hours away and I felt like we were in a completely different world. As we were driving with Izzie in the backseat, I couldn't help but think that this was so cool. As a young kid you remember the times, where you got into a car with your family and went to do fun activities - and our little family was doing just that.