Jack-O-Lanterns

Yesterday was finally the day we carved our pumpkins! Kate and Wade have been asking when for the last two weeks. As you can see, we are down a few helpers this year. Rachel was in bed sick and Luke seems to be just too cool for carving pumpkins. We had fun without them, so there!

The icky insides. The kids are past all the grossed out faces by now. Wade even thinks it smells good.

 I had to help with the clean out a little.

I turned Wade loose with the carving tools. He did it all by himself!! He only complained a little that his back and hand hurt toward the end.

I drew the face and he carved! He was proud of his work!

Kate wanted a Kitty Cat this year. We both worked on this one, but she did most of it herself.

The finished product.

Happy Jack

Kitty Cat

Linus

Linus looks better in person. The light does not shine through on the face an hair very good.

We had a good time carving our pumpkins. Just sad the bigger kids didn't participate. Maybe next year.

Fun On The Farm....Fiddlesticks Farm!

Two days of Fall Fun this week!! Yay!! Chris and Rachel were out of town today, so the other kids and I decided to go to Fiddlesticks Farms!! Fiddlesticks Farms is always one of our favorite places to go this time of year. It was a little hot for October at 95 degrees!! But we managed to have a good time!

The big chair was new for us. Fun pictures for someone who loves to rock!

Wade wants to be a fireman when he grows up, so we couldn't pass this opportunity up.

Next stop was our favorite....the bouncing pillow!

Luke has mastered the flip!

We tried out the corn cannons.

They were too loud for Wade's sensitive ears.....It amazes me how someone can be so loud and noises hurt his ears. 

Next up was the tractor.... or tractors. I love these pictures on the tractor every year and so do the kids!

And we try out the hay bale every year too.

We took a hayride to the pumpkin patch.

Wade has a new pair of boots. He loves them!!

Next we rode down the big slide.

Roped some calves.

Played some corn hole. Luke actually made two in a row!

We went through the corn maze. Turns out you would not want to depend on us to get you out of the maze. We might have cheated a little.

Then we rode some horses.

We also drunk a ton of water!! It was a fun Saturday!! 

Pumpkin Patch Time Again!!

 The kids were out of school today for Columbus Day and it happened to be opening day of The Pumpkin Patch!! So with a promise of Happy Hour drinks from Sonic for good smiles, I dressed every body in plaid and we headed off! We try to go every year to the Pumpkin Patch. I have so many fun pictures of my little babies in their costumes and just Fall pictures. The Pumpkin Patch stays the same each year, but these kids are getting so big!!

 The sun was so bright. I tried to use filters to make the pictures not so bright. I don't know if they helped or not, but good smiles all around!!

Rachel is looking so grown-up....ugh!

And Mr. Luke has really started shooting up this year!!

I thought we were about the same height. He must have grown some more last night. I told him he will start having to walk around with a brick on his head if he doesn't slow down!

Miss Katybug is always fun and smiley!

She got everything including the bucket for $4. She really charmed the ladies at the desk!

Wade-O had a blast today with the pumpkins and the wagons. 

The pictures were better in the shade!

William Tell with a pumpkin rather than an apple. It was harder than you think to balance this pumpkin! ;0)

One of the workers offered to take our picture together. It turned out GREAT!!

Another fun trip to the Pumpkin Patch is in the books!! I love all the Fall pictures I came home with too!