Its Pumpkin Patch Season!!

Fall is here & the pumpkin patch is open!  Olivia has been asking since July when we could go to the pumpkin patch & today she finally got her wish.

After she came home from school yesterday with a "naughty note" about not wanting to participate to the extent that she flopped to the floor & threw a tantrum, we almost didn't go.  But then I remembered how excited 'I' was to go, so we went.  And yes, she really threw a tantrum, she admitted to it & said she did it just because she doesn't know how to write the "letter" 2 & didn't want to try.  Yikes!  Going to have to follow up with Mrs. Starr on that one.  That's a far cry from a kid who wouldn't pee at school.  We had to have a big talk about it last night & she promises it won't happen again.

But back to the pumpkin patch, oh how we love that place.  And love it even more early in the season when there are only like 10 other families in the whole place.  I felt like we had the whole place to ourselves!  The weather was absolutely perfect.  The kids behaved well.  Going places with them gets easier, we went with no stroller or wagon, no change of clothes & all I had was a little backpack that held nothing more than 3 water cups, keys, phone, wallet, hand sani wipes & chapstick.

The place is a bit spendy, but we of course bought a pass.  We love it there & figure if we go 2-3 times, the pass will pay for itself.  There is so much to do & is a great place to get out of the house to so hopefully we get there at least weekly for the next 5 weeks until Halloween.

Goats walking across the bridge.

 Feeding the goats of course.

 Checking out the bunnies

 Duck races!  This is the first year we have done this & they would have stayed there all day!

 See... literally had the place to ourselves!  It was awesome!

 They played HARD!!

 My little animals.

 Our classic Vala's picture ;)

 3 little spiders

 Why not buy a pass a come a ton?  Why would you go to the park instead of come here?  

 They figured out how to drive these little race car things this year.

 But it took some serious concentration!!  Their faces are hillarious!!

Hayden obviously took it pretty serious. 

 Logan puffs out his cheeks in concentration I guess.

 And Olivia had to use her tongue to help her drive :)

 Caught her mid-tip-over!

 We stayed about 4 hours, snacked on Kettle Corn & headed out before we had to invest in an expensive lunch.  What a fun, fun morning!!

 Clearly.... they played hard!