Kindergarten trip to the Pumpkin patch

I got to go on Nathan’s pumpkin patch field trip this year. It was really nice weather! He was a really good boy and we had a lot of fun!

Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch

The kids didn’t have school on Friday so I wanted to do something fun with them. Casey still had to work so I was a little hesitant to do something to involved. But I was talking with my friend who also wanted to do something, we decided to go to the Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island. Ashley and Katie also came! It was so cloudy and wet looking that morning so I was worried that it would rain and be a mess, but by the time we got there it was sunny and HOT! We ate lunch there and took the cow train ride. The kids got to see some animals. To quote Cody “Look Mom, bunny rabbit.Look Mom, bunny rabbit! Look Mom, bunny rabbit!!” He can be SO loud when he thinks I’m not listening! I talked Kendall into going in the corn maze. They said you could do the short version so we wouldn’t have to be in there for an hour. I thought no big deal, kids are contained, there is fencing along the path so they can’t go through the corn. Um, duh, they can run ahead and take turns to who knows where! So they took off I found a couple of them and luckily we all met back at the end! Little stressful, but I didn’t want to do the rest, and it is NOT worth the money if that is ALL you do…live and learn I guess. After that we let the kids climb the hay pyramids and then we all got some apple cider in the market. It was a very fun place, and I had fun being with friends! I think it could be a little easier though if I took Casey with me next time. 4 kids are hard to handle by yourself in a big open space like that!!! Lets just say I was wiped out for the rest of the day!

Pumpkin Party

We look forward to this every October. Every year my parents invite the whole family over for a Pumpkin Party. We enjoy a yummy dinner in the barn with apple cider and doughnuts. The usual is Chili, but still keeping with the bean theme, Mom did bean dip. So good, with guacamole and sour cream! Then we carve some pumpkins.  As the grandkids are getting older we’ve had to really plan what day to do it because life is getting very busy! This year we did it on the 13th right after Olivia’s birthday party and Olivia and Brooklyn’s soccer practice. Mom and Dad did a great job decorating the barn and the kids all had a blast! (We did have to use store-bought pumpkins because of the super wet spring mom and dad’s pumpkins did not do well).  Fun pictures from that night:

The boys showing us how strong they are!

Not exactly the 3 people you want to see behind a motorized vehicle.

Baylor worked really hard, moving all around, to find the best way to eat his doughnut without his hands and this is what he came up with…until he started to get the hay in his mouth.

The always happy Wesley.

1…2…3…JUMP!!! Cody and Baylor LOVE to hug each other every time they meet! When Balyor walked in Cody set down his dinner plate (a very big deal for him) a ran up to give Baylor this hug. He was so excited!

This year Logan ordered a fancy carving knife that had interchangeable blades. Looks like it works really well, his is the Elvis pumpkin. Very Nice!