Pumpkin Patch

This year we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch (which actually has no pumpkin patch, but try getting Andrew and Willa to call it anything different) until the day after Halloween. But that's okay, it was a beautiful day, the kids didn't have school, and we had a ton of fun.

In reality, the "pumpkin patch" is a farm with a lot of big slides, animals, and a hayride. Andrew loves the slides the best, of course, culminating in the giant "castle slide." Last year Willa was afraid of the slides, but she hung in there like a champ this year and ran around with Andrew everywhere.








Of course Willa's favorite part was all the animals. Surprisingly, Christian loved the animals too. They have a goat pen where you can go in and feed and pet the goats, and Christian became obsessed with petting every goat in the pen. Maybe we have another animal lover in the family.





Sadly, I couldn't hold the baby and get pictures of him lunging for the goats at the same time, so you'll have to be satisfied with a picture of him munching on snacks instead. Since he got his first tooth last week I've finally started giving him finger foods, which he loves. He munches on them with that 1 little tooth, so it always looks like the food is about to fall right out of his mouth.



Overall, it was a really fun afternoon. But I learned that when I have an outing like that in my delicate condition it takes me a full week to recover, and left me regretting that my next chiropractor appointment isn't until next week. Sigh.