Field Trip Fun!

Natalie and Amanda had a fabulous school field trip to the pumpkin patch this week and Will and Dad were lucky enough to tag along!

The day started with play time on the gigantic tires.




Natalie pretends to be the Queen of the Hill!

Next up for Will was the Coyote Mountain slide.  Everyone else went on a hay ride and Will did not want to go, so Dad and Will went out on their own for a bit.  He thought this was great fun, and so did Dad!  The best part was that they had the slide all to themselves!

Wee this is fun!

Look at me!

After the slide, Will was up for some tractor driving.

"Look Dad, if I pull this handle back, it will make the tractor take off!"

After the tractor driving, Will decided to take in a talking chicken show.  

He was sitting there all alone when a sweet little girl came and sat down right next to him, even though there were many other seats to choose from.  It was so cute!

 

The father of the girl offered to take Will's and Dad's photo.  Will and Dad are definitely looking good!

In the meantime, the girls enjoyed their hay ride and they especially liked picking out some pumpkins from the field.  They are SO strong!

After the hay ride, it was off to the other events...this one being the train.  Amanda and her classmates take a ride.

Here is a small class photos with Miss P. in the center!

Natalie and Ava are all smiles! 

All four girls get in the action

Cute little pumpkins.  This is a Will pumpkin.

This is an Amanda pumpkin.

And this is a Natalie pumpkin.

All the girls enjoy watching the gold fish swim in the pond below.

Time to measure up.....Amanda is 3 feet 8 inches tall!

Natalie is 3 feet 9 inches!

And Will is catching up quickly at 3 feet 4 inches tall!

Next it was back to the Coyote Mountain slide.  Looks like a bobsled competition for the double set of twins!

As we were leaving, there was this great photo opportunity at the farm truck and pumpkins.  Natalie and Amanda show their pearly whites!

Another great photo!

Next, the Dad and Will jumped into the great background.  However, Will was more excited about making funny faces than posing for photos!

The funny faces became contagious...Natalie and Dad accepted the challenge to make the funniest face!

Next was this miniature delivery truck.  Just big enough to hold 3 delivery girls!

Or, enough room for Natalie and Will!

Or, enough room for just one upset William!

Happy Halloween to everyone!

 

Pumpkin Patch Trip

Every year we always make a visit to one of our local pumpkin patch farms.  And this year was no exception.  However, we did find a new spot farm just south of our house, that turned out to be very family friendly.  There were may fun activities and the kids had lots of fun seeing all the hay bales, goats, barnyard animals…and yes, selecting a pumpkin to take home for painting!  It was another beautiful fall day and the kids were somewhat accommodating to photos.  Here, two of three were able to demonstrate their beautiful smiles.



The floating pumpkin at Fog Hollow!

Here the donkey, chicken and the goat don't know which way to look!

Here is another attempt at a kid photo…everyone is getting a little closer to a real smile.

Since photos are so painful, we decided to let them make funny faces…Pretty Funny!

Here is a very nice portrait of Natalie sitting on the pumpkin wagon nest to the willow pond.

Next is Will's turn, but he is not ready to show is teeth!

Another attempt at a kid photo, take 500.

 

Next came the petting zoo with feed dispenses to make these goats even fatter!  Will and Amanda tempt the wild beast with some corn and oats.



Next is Natalie, braving the ravenous goats!

Amanda found this goat in the corner all by herself and thought she would make a friend.

Next, we are off to select some nice kid sized pumpkins.  Natalie found her two!

 

Amanda really likes the one she found!

Natalie could not decide and found two more just perfect for our front porch.

"So many choices….what am I to do", says Amanda!

They even have a Holstein cow train!

Tucked in the back corner were the barn yard anaimals…Natalie found this very large pig sleeping and said, "Hey, that pig snores just like Dad!"

Will found this great pumpkin and pretended it was a bouncy ball!

Next was the playground...what kid would not have fun here!

The kids are trapped in Iron Man's steel tube and are finding their way out!

Hey Mom and Dad, we are almost out!

Will manages to escape and scale the outside perimeter!

Whew!  That was a lot of fun and hard work!  On our way out, the kids stopped to select a few pumpkins to bring home for decoration.  Will really likes the orange and white miniature pumpkins.

Amanda looks, again, not sure which one to pick!

No, wait, I think I like this one!

Finally, white pumpkins for all!  The will make a great canvas for some creative artwork!

At the end of the day, the little white pumpkins turned into these beautiful masterpieces!