Adventure

New Milford Christmas Spirit!

New Milford Christmas Spirit!

Mile: To Be Determined Please join us starting December 14th as we will be putting a different gift certificate out in Town each night until and including Christmas from a local small business. Stay tuned for a picture each night of Ole Red in New…

Light Up Ole Red

Light Up Ole Red

Mile: 110,687 It’s that time of year. Thanks to Uncle Chris, the king of Christmas light stringing to get Ole Red fully covered in lights. This year we are adding 1,500 lights for a total of 7,500 lights. We got 600 of them on so…

Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree

Mile: 110,620 It’s that time of year. Off to tubby Tim’s to find the perfect tree and boy did we! Jackson and Heather checked out a bunch of trees until the found out the one that was jussssssst right. Then we had to fill our…

Help Others

Help Others

Mile: 110,583 We try to make sure Jackson grows up knowing how lucky he is and that he should always try to help others. To that end, we picked up his buddy Alejandra and went shopping for the Thanksgiving Food Drive put on by the…

Boo!

Boo!

Mile: 110,535 It’s that time of year … TRICK OR TREAT! Jackson dressed up as a Red Power Ranger. It is a far cry from when I was a kid with a sheet with some holes cut in it or one of those horrible looking…

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin Carving

Mile: 110,493 It’s that time of year … pumpkin carving. Jackson made his own spooky face. Don’t forget to make a biggggggg leaf pile and jump in it. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed. Took me back to when I was Jackson;s age when he…

Fall Days are Falling Away

Fall Days are Falling Away

Mile: 110,398 Fall was in the area, leaves were at their peak, and it was time to head off on a whim to one of our favorite places, Popey’s Ice Cream Shop. We picked up Jackson and his buddy Alejandra from school. It was great…

Find That Pumpkin Action Jackson

Find That Pumpkin Action Jackson

Mile: 110,468 Almost as fun as Christmas is finding our pumpkins! We are so lucky in New Milford to have a ton of places to choose from! First, we went to Harris Hill Farm. They have a huge pumpkin patch with all kinds of pumpkins…

Enjoy the View

Enjoy the View

Mile: 110,430 Off as a family to enjoy another food truck! Kelly’s Creamery and Food Truck has the yummiest of yummy food. Jackson says they have the MOST mouthwatering chicken tenders and as someone who took a bite I agree! Played a little chess and…

Apple Picking

Apple Picking

Mile: 110,280 Well, this was a first for Jackson… some apple picking. We went to Averill Farm in Washington, Connecticut. It is the same apple orchard my parents took me to when I was a kid. They had all kinds of different apples as you…