Fall Pumpkins and Football

It seems I am really into fall this year, more so than usual. Yesterday I visited two farms (both within walking distance from my house and shockingly, no, I do not like in Western MA haha). The first farm I visited was with a friend and her family. It was the same farm I visited the other day, but it was a bit different this time since she has two little girls. I didn't know about the animals you can see there, or that there is a whole other section of the farm where you can get free tastes of fresh apple cider, yum! Also it was the weekend so there were a lot more free samples out and they were making *fresh* caramel apples, so I was able to get one this time. I picked one up for my bro too, since he was home from college this weekend.

The second farm I went to was with Eric since we were on a mission to buy some pumpkins. I have to say, I have never actually bought a pumpkin for myself (at least not that I remember) and I was a bit surprised about how expensive they are. But then again, what is fall without a few pumpkins? Eric decided to carve his...

Pretty good huh? I don't have the patience or skill for carving so I got a smaller one that will just hang out with Eric's :)

Today I went to watch one of Eric's football games. My miserable sports weekend continued because they lost on a really terrible ref mistake. Basically, the ref blew the whistle to say dead ball when it wasn't really dead (he admitted it), most of the kids still continued to run and Eric's team got a touchdown but since the whistle was blown (even though it was wrong) it still didn't count. This was with about 1 minute left in the game so there was nothing really that could be done after that. Very annoying. Luckily today was the JV game (Eric coaches BOTH JV and Varsity) and the Varsity team is still undefeated and kicking the bums of everyone who comes their way. Plus, it was a really exciting game to watch even if it did not end well. Eric coaching:

It was a bit chilly out but once the sun came to our side, it was actually really nice fall weather. If it never dropped below today's temperature I would really be a happy person. Cold enough to wear some winter scarves, but no need to lock ourselves inside all winter long.

One thing I really like about Eric's coaching is that he is nice to the kids. May sound obvious, but I think we can all speak about coaches that just yell and yell. This is a pet peeve of mine. I'm not against yelling at kids in general, at times they deserve it (within reason) but I really don't think that ever when playing a sport does a kid purposely mess up. Most likely after they have ruined something for the whole team, the last thing they need is some coach reminding them just how much they messed up, they know already! This also goes for the parents who watch the games to later yell at their kids about stuff. Or worse yet, during the game. When I used to figure skate there was a crazy mom who used to yell at her daughter from the bench when she didn't land jumps etc. Clearly the girl was not TRYING to fall, but sometimes it is just not your day!

Are you the type of person who does better with someone harsh pushing you to do your best? Or are you hard enough on yourself and prefer someone supportive to push you?

Hopefully I'll be back later tonight with a restaurant review. Eric is home for dinner tonight because of our day off so we are going to celebrate- hopefully somewhere cheap though since this is dinner #2 out of the weekend :)

PS. In my post from yesterday that disappeared into blogland I was not at ALL implying I wanted to purposely give parents of my kids my blog, more just concerned about how to further promote my blog while avoiding them getting it...haha.

Also, if you are interested check out some of my recent suite 101 articles- Autism and Reading Comprehension, Halloween Centers and The IBS Lunch.