Pumpkin Carving

I LOVE this time of year - my fav! and was so excited to invite everyone over Saturday for our first pumpkin carving party and chili cookoff. Time got away from us and not everyone carved their pumpkins, but the kiddos had a wonderful time playing in the leaves, jumping in the bounce house and painting their pumpkins. It was a rainy cold morning, and then the sun came out just in time for our craft....{insert very happy momma!} Overall - a wonderful start to our Halloween weekend!

Our lil pumpkin

We had planned for over a month to go to the pumpkin patch today. Of course, it was rainy and yucky this morning, but I was not giving up hope! At noon - I saw the sun, and we packed up and were out the door! Even though Randy has pneumonia and Remi has a bit of a cold...we were on a mission as October if speeding by and we needed our pumpkins. :) I'm persistent...what can I say. So, we arrived to Westview Orchards and to our surprise, it wasn't crowded at all and turned out to be a perfect day to head to the pumpkin patch. We played around a while...had some doughnuts and cider, then headed to the pumpkin patch. We had a great time with our lil pumpkin, who is quite the entertainer these days. She's SUPER silly and always makes us laugh. Looking forward to carving pumpkins, Remi's Harvest Party at school and Halloween. She's been practicing "Trick or Treat" and is ready for the big night :) Happy fall y'all!

Apple Pickin'

The orchard was much more exciting this year with our little "apple picker" -- as we told her when we needed assistance with the ones way up high! She was really cute and was most intrigued by the apples on the ground. It took a while to understand that those were the bad ones and when she finally did...she made sure everyone knew those were the bad ones. Grandma was able to go with us too...which made it even more special. Remi loved the "wagon ride," and to be honest...mommy loved it too! After apple picking, Grandma waited TWO HOURS in line for doughnuts and cider while we entertained our sweet girl with the bounce house, petting farm, merry-go-round and trike trail. What can I say -- Erwin Orchards has THE BEST doughnuts around! All in all - a WONDERFUL day with our sweet girl!