We have been having a lot of fun at the different Pumpkin Patches this fall. Crazy that we haven't even needed coats (or long sleeves!) for many of our visits.
We went to Ticonderoga Farms for the first time this year. Grammie, Pop Pop, and Aunt Laurie were visiting so they got to enjoy the fun with us.
We have been to Burke Nursery Pumpkinville A LOT too. We got the family pass so it has been nice to just stop by for an hour or two here and there and let the kids run around. They love it there.
We met up with our friends Brayden, Taylor, Grayson, and Molly one day and had a lot of fun!
We went back again the other day after it rained hoping that it wouldn't be too wet or crowded. Well we got one of the wishes ... there was nobody there when we got there. Yep, had the whole place to ourselves! Of course we didn't get our full wish on the "not so wet" part. Pete was a trooper and tried to clean off the slides (by using them himself first) so the kids didn't get too wet. Kylee, of course, was still apprehensive about everything and the thought that her pants might get wet. Ryland, however, didn't have a care in the world! : )
Ryland has become quite a fan of the big slides that you use rugs on. He usually points and asks to go to the "castle" as soon as we get there. Although he may not show his excitement he does ask to go again and again!
Some of the smaller slides are actually really fast and if the kids aren't ready for it they will slide right off. This happened to Ryland a lot the first time we went there to play. Then he got smarter and started using his feet against the sides to go slow enough that he could catch himself. Well this last time I guess he forgot or it was just too wet because this is how he landed. Ha! He was frozen there for a while not sure what exactly to do next. (Check out the back of his pants too!?!)
Kylee's new favorite thing at this Pumpkin Patch is the rope swing. She LOVES it! Of course I didn't realize the difference in the way Pete and I push her until he looked over one day when I had her on the swing and said, "Oh my gosh! I can't watch!" and walked away. Ha! Needless to say ... Kylee usually asks me to push her instead of Daddy. The picture in the middle is of her swinging, you just have to look in the middle of the trees to find her.
Even though it was wet and muddy in spots the kids still had a great time playing everything.
This trip they were both really into rolling the big tubes up the hill too. Although they have yet to get in the tubes and go for a ride they do like pushing them. Ryland started out pushing and didn't want to stop. It took Kylee a little while to get into it because they were all muddy. At first she tried to use the edge with just one hand, then she moved onto the very edge of both sides of the tube. Her favorite part was watching them roll back down the hill!
I kept trying to get a good picture of Pete coming down the slides (to dry them off) because it is usually a pretty tight fit and I was always amused. Every time I tried though it seemed like I just missed the perfect shot .....
.... then I got it! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Then the singing began.
"place a nut between your toes"
The 4 year old classes sang their own song about Christopher Columbus while the 3 year olds sat and listened. (Later the 3 year olds got to sing about the animals on the farm.)
The parents got to go back to the classrooms and take a few pictures before we had to de-costume the kids for the rest of the day. This is a picture of her class ... and yes there really are only 4 boys in the class!
