Pumpkins

One Saturday way back in October when Steven was working I decided it would be a good idea to drive the kids out to the pumpkin patch in Marble Falls.  To be fair, it was a great idea---it was a perfectly beautiful day, and my kids love a picnic and frolicking among pumpkins and animals.  Everyone else in the hill country area thought it was a brilliant idea too because they were ALL there!  Never seen so many people at a pumpkin patch.  But, we squeezed our way through the crowds and had us a good time.

Chubby-faced Matt pumpkin.

Johnathan really loved the goats.  He got the biggest kick out of them.

Not long after this shot was taken Will made me take him over to those port-a-potties you see there in the background.  That was the low-light of the day.  Ick.  But, Matt did a super job watching J for me while I took Will to take care of his business.  What a fantastic big brother he is.

The boys got to do a few fun activities like the corn maze and bouncing on this huge in-ground inflatable thingy.

It was really difficult to get a good picture of the kids in the pumpkins---due to the throngs of people, the wiggly children, and the extreme brightness of the sun.  But, they're still cute.

Matt & Will got to ride the little tractor pulled train.  

Johnny got to watch them from afar.  He was okay though because he got a snack and more goat visiting in.  It was a very fun day, but next year I won't go out there on the weekend!

The following week we tried our luck at a pumpkin patch that is super close to home that we've been going to since Matt was a baby.  The boys had fun running around and playing.

It's pretty cool watching them all play together.

We ended up picking out our carving pumpkin and a smaller pumpkin Matthew needed for a school project.

He had to decorate a pumpkin like a favorite storybook character.  He chose Brother Bear from The Berenstain Bears.  I really enjoyed seeing what all the other kids picked out and how they chose to decorate their pumpkins.  I saw lots of Harry Potters, and Greg from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and some Amelia Bedelia pumpkins, but my favorites were Chewbacca, Tin Man from Wizard of Oz, and Clifford.

Back to the patch...I still couldn't get a good shot of the kids.  No one was cooperating, but that's okay. I'm just glad that the kids still enjoy doing such an activity.

I think their faces in this shot say it all.  :)