Friday, November 15, 2013

Preschool pumpkin patch

Graysen had his first field trip while in preschool this year and we went to a cute little pumpkin patch.  He was so excited to be go with me for a little mommy son time.
Graysen wanted to take a picture with his face poking through the pumpkin, and actually had me take one of him in each hole.  He is silly, but I love him.
We went for a hay ride which he thought was so cool, and we got to see the whole farm.  He just wanted to snuggle up next to me the whole time which was adorable.  I will take any snuggles I can get.

We stopped at the pumpkin patch and the kids got to get out and pick out their own pumpkin.  Graysen chose a small one since he is small, and I think it's perfect.
His favorite thing was the slide.  He was afraid to climb up the hay stack at first to get to it and actually go down it, but once he saw the other kids doing it he had to try it and I couldn't get him off after that.  Hopefully he won't be one of those that succumbs to peer pressure right?

He also was really enthralled with the water pump which you did by hand and tried to get rubber ducks to the other side with the water. If it wasn't for the bigger kids coming and crowding him out he would have stayed there for a while.
We went through the hay maze and looked at the animals they had there.  There was a big box filled with wheat  instead of a sand box which Graysen of course had to stop to play in.  He loved just filling buckets and then dumping it out.  He could have played there for hours.
It was really fun and I am glad we got to have one on one time and do something fun like this.  Of course I had to get him a peanut butter m&m cookie to top it off, which he loved me for.  I am not opposed to bribing my kids with food to make them love me even more...haha.







Saturday, November 9, 2013

Pumpkin Patch

Our annual tradition of going to Lake View Farms has come and gone.  It is so fun to be able to have traditions with my own family, and i look forward to those traditions every year.
The kids always love riding on the train through the spooky tunnel and going to the pumpkin patch to pick out their pumpkins.  They love trying to help with the wheelbarrow of course too.
I was so glad it wasn't raining when we went, and actually so far every time we have gone it has been pretty nice.  I love getting pictures of the kids and capturing those fun memories.  They ran through the hay maze and loved playing on top of everything and just running around.
We took the boat back to the other side and for the first time, the sea monster's didn't pop up for us so the kids were a little disappointed but they soon got over it when they got to go ride on the barrel train.  I love how much fun they have on it and they feel so big since they get to ride it by themselves with no parents.

We had a lot of fun and we were glad we could spend it with grandma and grandpa Allen and Aunt Melanie and Kennedy and Connor.  We also had to go to McDonald's afterwards and get our traditional ice cream as well.
Yay for traditions and pumpkin patches and yay for getting to spend time with family and have fun with our kids.