Partying with the Pumpkins

Hi everyone! Check back soon to see pictures of Jacob doing yoga! :) Also, scroll down to the last post for more of Erica's modern art. I added two more pictures, so now there are four.

Last week we drove up north to a pumpkin patch - it was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon - so I think that at least a fifth of Seattle was at the same pumpkin patch. :) But it was huge, so it didn't feel too crowded. This farm focused on the harvest and not the scary aspects of Halloween. They had a "hay maze" in the barn for kids, which is much more doable than a corn maze for us. They also had a large petting zoo, playground, fishing, and of course, the pumpkin patch. On our way home, the freeway was closed, so we took back roads and highways. The colors were beautiful and it amazed Rob and I how rural and relaxed life felt just thirty minutes away from a big city. The scenery was amazing.

We've been keeping track of how much the large pumpkins weigh at the grocery store - the heaviest we've seen was 161 lbs -- this one blew that away!!

Rob took this picture to prove that I was happy in rural-ville...don't tell anyone

I loved the landscaping in the yard - especially the little pond

Erica has become a much better monkey since starting kindergarten

Robby is learning to climb without help - he made it up triumphantly!

Robby was more intrigued by the gross maggoty pumpkin than anything else at the patch

This is my FAVORITE picture!

Here is the proof for later generations that Jacob and I both went on all family outings:

This picture makes me laugh - I'm not sure why

Here is Robby looking cool with the HUGE pumpkins!

This picture is blurry, but it is one of the few times that Robby's true smile made it on camera. Isn't he darling?

Ever since Erica started school, we notice bunnies a lot more, since she has one in her classroom

Erica getting lost in the hay

WE DID IT!! (I sound like Dora)

Compare that fun to what my kids are doing right now...can we say Saturday morning cartoons?