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Torn between packing away the summer clothes, putting up the storm windows, or pulling out the Halloween decorations this weekend? Heck, it can ALL wait! We’ve got a weekend worth your procrastinating for another few days.  There’s pumpkins galore: carving demonstrations in Hamilton; a Harvest Fest in Lambertsville and a Pumpkin Show in Egg Harbor City.  Try your hands (and feet) at Hungarian Dancing in New Brunswick or Tea-Painting in Morristown. Take in a Jamboree in Waretown, an orchestral concert in Princetown, or a Civil War Open House in Newark.  The chores’ll wait.  The weekend won’t.

 
9/11.  Who’d have thought the mere coupling of two numbers could plunge me into a nightmarish memory:  struggling through shrieking crowds, fighter planes overhead, an evil, gray cloud chasing and threatening to envelope my 5-week old in his stroller as a tower collapsed behind us?  This weekend brings many of us to a standstill, frozen in memory. But, as children teach us every single day, life goes on.  Let these few days be both a celebration of life, and a tribute to the loss experienced by families throughout America.  Celebrate with butterflies, sheep-shearing, vintage cars, pancakes and patriots.  Remember through song, speeches and services.  It’s the best tribute we as parents can offer.


If after these last few drippy days, you’re ready to wring out your clothes, dry your shoes, and get on with a great (hopefully) dry family weekend, we’ve got the goods!  There’s potatoes to be harvested in Lambertville; Blues to be sung in Morristown; bikes to be raced in North Caldwell; open-air theater to watch in Titusville; and metal to be made at Cooper Gristmill!  If you’re looking to just wander in the long-lost sunshine, head to Augusta for a sunflower maze, or Ringwood for a family botanical walk.  Any way you go, wish for the sun.  We’re right there with you.