The Pumpkin Patch

  Every year our family enjoys going to BiZi Farms pumpkin patch. What's great about it is we only have to drive a short distance to enjoy all of the harvest-y celebrations. In fact, they have more things to do than we have energy! This year we skipped the BIG corn maze as it takes about an hour to complete. We remember Reina did the corn maze when she was Baelor's age, but he has always seemed younger to us than Reina did. I suppose the fact that he is not potty-trained and yes, sadly still uses a binky at night keeps him from growing up. He has gone #2 a couple of times on the potty and frequently goes #1, but only one time has he "caught" it coming and ran to the potty.

 We started the day with the corn pool. Reina loved it last year but didn't find it entertaining this year. It took a while for Baelor to really "dive" in, but eventually it was hard to pry him away from the pool.

 Something new this year was the firetruck! I was surprised how much the kids enjoyed just sitting in the truck. They didn't even get to honk the horn, yet they were content with Just. Sitting. There.

After the tractor-bikes and the hay maze, we spent lots of time feeding the animals.

The goats were very playful and smelled just like the goat cheese logs I buy at Costco. Even the kids like to eat my goat cheese when I have it out. Baelor especially loved the pigs. I told Reina the story about the boastful pig and his curly tail. He prided himself so much with his cute curly tail that one day his pride got the best of him....and his curly tail.

The old "de-kernal-er", was very entertaining for the kids. They could have stayed there for hours doing a little child labor for the farm, but it seemed to be one of the hot spots for all of the kids.

 Before our hayride out to the pumpkin patch we grabbed our hot chocolate that was way too sweet...at least for me. Although, my pallet isn't as used to heavy sweets so I'm not the best judge of sweetness. I think the ride out to the patch was all one of our favorites. It was nice to take a break and get some cool air. It seems like it's always hotter than expected every year. We'll take the heat over the rain any day :)

A random person took a surprisingly good family picture of us- WE'RE ALL LOOKING!

Look at our buff daddy hauling all of those pumpkins...especially that uber cute one!

We have our primary program soon (the Sunday before Halloween). I teach senior primary, but since we are practicing for it in the chapel, Reina has enjoyed turning around to peek at me multiple times throughout our LONG practices. Reina has a VERY difficult part to memorize. They specifically told Paul that they are giving her a hard part since they know she can do it. We have been memorizing a little each night, but its difficult when you don't even understand words like "proclamation" and "establishment". Not sure why they gave her a much harder part than any of my class of ten year olds? I'm not sure if she will be able to memorize it due to a sudden and severe ear infection that has made her miserable the better part of the week. She has missed 3 days of school because of it. It's gonna require antibiotics. Her first earache and first antibiotics ever! She did learn her lesson to wear her coat and cover her head when it's pouring down rain on the walk home from school.

We hope she feels better for all the Halloween parties approaching!