I'm not feeling very chatty tonight as I have a wicked sore throat and cold but I did put together a slideshow of our trip to the pumpkin patch. Enjoy!
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Showing posts with label pumpkin patch. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 22, 2007
The Pumpkin Patch
The rain had stopped falling finally so we decided that time was now to head to the pumpkin patch for our annual family trip. I love our pumpkin patch - it has so much to do. A hay pyramid to climb, a hay maze to run through, animals to pet and feed, free hot beverages, rope making, face painting, hay rides and, of course, pumpkins.
Since it had been raining for days on end the place was a muddy, muddy, slippery mess and yet we still had a great time! With our three trips to pumpkin patches this year we are well stocked for pumpkins and the really funny thing is, we only carve one. The rest I think I will let the kids paint. Kelton has a pumpkin contest at school that he would like to enter so maybe one will be used for that, too. Still....we have six pumpkins. I think that's more than we've ever had before (and that isn't counting the one that already had to be tossed because we carved it at my brother's last weekend of the one that we left at my brothers. No siree - my kids are not hurting for pumpkins! LOL!)
Take a few minutes and enjoy the day with us. :)
Since it had been raining for days on end the place was a muddy, muddy, slippery mess and yet we still had a great time! With our three trips to pumpkin patches this year we are well stocked for pumpkins and the really funny thing is, we only carve one. The rest I think I will let the kids paint. Kelton has a pumpkin contest at school that he would like to enter so maybe one will be used for that, too. Still....we have six pumpkins. I think that's more than we've ever had before (and that isn't counting the one that already had to be tossed because we carved it at my brother's last weekend of the one that we left at my brothers. No siree - my kids are not hurting for pumpkins! LOL!)
Take a few minutes and enjoy the day with us. :)
Monday, October 15, 2007
Pumpkin Patches Galore!
This is the year for pumpkin patch trips! This past weekend the kids and I traveled 4.5 hours to my brother's house without Dakota (who we left behind so that she could get in some serious study time) and we ended up going to not one, but two pumpkin patches! It was so much fun and the kids had a blast.
Friday we went to the place that was closest to my brother's house. The weather was spectacular and there wasn't anyone else searching for pumpkins so we had the place to ourselves. This kids went nuts - well, I guess more accurately, Kelton went nuts. He wanted practically every one that he saw. He ended up with a white one and a gigantic orange one. Kaylen decided that she would take whichever one she could lift. "Just my size, Mommy!" She picked on small orange one and two tiny white ones. She wanted to paint hers though so that required some fast thinking. We stopped at a store and was directly to another shop that had an art supply section. We scored with glitter paint!
Kelton wanted his pumpkin carved his a scary face. The only glitch in his plan is that he can't stand pumpkin guts so it was mommy to the rescue which in and of itself was pretty funny since I haven't carved a pumpkin since well....ummm...it's been at least 12 years though I think much longer. Pumpkin fun is Dakota's thing and I'm happy to let her have it. But - what could I do? I had to jump in and help. I did the best I could and he was happy. In the end, that's what matters. :)
Cara helped Kaylen with her carved pumpkin. Kaylen wanted a happy face and Cara did a great job on it. We left Kelton's behind to help decorate James' and Cara's house but Kaylen couldn't part with hers so it made the trip home.
The next day we went to the farm near my sister's house and we were joined by my sister, brother-in-law, the two cousins and my dad. The four kids had a great time together running through the maze, shooting small pumpkins from a cannon (just the older ones) and picking out pumpkins. This time, Kelton wasn't a fun shaped one so the hunt was intense for one that he wanted. Kaylen stuck to her "as long as I can lift it life is good" motto.
After the pumpkin patch we headed back to my sisters and we all had lunch and the kids had a wild afternoon of playing. It was a jam-packed weekend with long drives on both ends but it was a lot of fun!
But wait! The pumpkin patch fun doesn't end here. Next weekend we will take our annual pumpkin patch trip here, too. After all, Dakota missed all the fun this weekend. I'm just wondering though - how many pumpkins does a family need anyway? :)
Friday we went to the place that was closest to my brother's house. The weather was spectacular and there wasn't anyone else searching for pumpkins so we had the place to ourselves. This kids went nuts - well, I guess more accurately, Kelton went nuts. He wanted practically every one that he saw. He ended up with a white one and a gigantic orange one. Kaylen decided that she would take whichever one she could lift. "Just my size, Mommy!" She picked on small orange one and two tiny white ones. She wanted to paint hers though so that required some fast thinking. We stopped at a store and was directly to another shop that had an art supply section. We scored with glitter paint!
Kelton wanted his pumpkin carved his a scary face. The only glitch in his plan is that he can't stand pumpkin guts so it was mommy to the rescue which in and of itself was pretty funny since I haven't carved a pumpkin since well....ummm...it's been at least 12 years though I think much longer. Pumpkin fun is Dakota's thing and I'm happy to let her have it. But - what could I do? I had to jump in and help. I did the best I could and he was happy. In the end, that's what matters. :)
Cara helped Kaylen with her carved pumpkin. Kaylen wanted a happy face and Cara did a great job on it. We left Kelton's behind to help decorate James' and Cara's house but Kaylen couldn't part with hers so it made the trip home.
The next day we went to the farm near my sister's house and we were joined by my sister, brother-in-law, the two cousins and my dad. The four kids had a great time together running through the maze, shooting small pumpkins from a cannon (just the older ones) and picking out pumpkins. This time, Kelton wasn't a fun shaped one so the hunt was intense for one that he wanted. Kaylen stuck to her "as long as I can lift it life is good" motto.
After the pumpkin patch we headed back to my sisters and we all had lunch and the kids had a wild afternoon of playing. It was a jam-packed weekend with long drives on both ends but it was a lot of fun!
But wait! The pumpkin patch fun doesn't end here. Next weekend we will take our annual pumpkin patch trip here, too. After all, Dakota missed all the fun this weekend. I'm just wondering though - how many pumpkins does a family need anyway? :)
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