Pumpkin Patch!

Today the kidlets and I met my Dad at a pumpkin patch on a farm not to far from where we both live.

(wait, "today"?!?! Is she actually posting pictures from an event that happened the very same day!? She hardly ever even blogs anymore, how could this be?!)

I know.

But you see we spent over 3 hours on a farm this afternoon running, playing and laughing. It was awesome.

And bonus? Our babies were in bed by 6:15pm tonight. It was awesome.

Dave and I had taken them to a free pumpkin festival at a local park this past weekend (forgot the camera) and they had a blast at the petting zoo and playing, but by the time we'd arrived, all the pumpkins were gone =(, so we told them we'd get pumpkins another time.

All the places around here get SO crowded on the weekends, so I found a free weekday afternoon and invited my Dad to join us =)

Little Pumpkin Patch Cuties...

See this silly face Luke is making?? Get used to it. It's his new pose pretty much any time my camera comes out...

Enjoying apple cider donuts with GrandDad...

The first thing we did was ride the "cow train". The twins LOVED this!

Then we went and visited the baby chicks...

GrandDad helping Abbey peer in on the baby calf...

The bouncy house was Luke's absolute favorite thing there. Or anywhere, really. He jumped and jumped and jumped and jumped...

And then we went and played on some tractors...

And then Luke went back to the bouncy house and jumped some more...

My Dad, me, and my babies =)

We tried out the little tunnel slide for a bit...

Explored more tractors...

Pet some goats...

...and eventually found ourselves at the Big Slide. Luke and Abbey were both a little nervous at first, so I said I'd go down with them. One time was all it took! As soon as their little bodies slid to a stop at the end of the slide, they were begging "Again! Again!!" 

And over three hours later, it was time to pick out pumpkins and head home. I told Abbey and Luke they could pick out whatever pumpkins they wanted. It cracked me up when they both picked tiny little tabletop pumpkins =).

I LOVE this time of year!

Five

1. Have I told you all how much our family loves having Zoo and OMSI memberships?  We've were given both as birthday presents this year, and they are literally the gifts that keep on giving. It's so nice to be able to pack up and head somewhere fun for FREE whenever we want. Last week we went to the zoo with some of our favorite twin friends...=)

2. If you've read any number of posts here in the last 3 years, you know I'm not one to brag on my parenting. Like, ever. Most the time I'm ranting about how I'm failing in one way or another. But. I made a pretty brilliant decision recently. Right before the twins started preschool, I purchased a set of art clips for their room. There are 10 clips, so they each get 5. Every school morning, we come home and they each get to decide which pieces of their art they'd like to hang, and in turn, which ones they'd like to take down to make room. It's worked perfectly as a way to display their awesome art projects proudly, without every single square inch of wallspace in our 990sq ft house becoming completely overtaken by preschool artwork. I save about 1/2 of what they choose to take down in a Memory Box...because I'm a sucker for anything my kiddos make. And a bit of a hoarder.
Speaking of preschool, Abbey and Luke both LOVE it. They have so much fun, and are so happy on the two mornings of week we have school! They get ready super quickly and want to get in the van and go!

And also, look what our 3.5 year old daughter can do...

3. My husband, who is truly one of the best writers I know, has started a blog. And it's good, ya'll. Check it out.






4. Luke and Abbey decided they want to be Jake and Izzy from Disney Jr's Jake and the Neverland Pirates for Halloween this year. It's so cute to see them be really excited about the Holidays this year! 3.5 is a fun age for celebrations. I'm super duper excited for Christmas this year! 
They even helped me decorate...=)

5.  And lastly, for documentation purposes, here are pics of Luke and Abbey's current favorite actitives: family movie night cuddle time, and helping Momma bake...

 

'Night all!