The Pumpkin Patch

Sunday we enjoyed a wonderful day at our local pumpkin patch, Maris Farms! The weather was sunny and cool - a perfect Fall day. We had Grandpa Hawk, Grandma Annette, Kristina and Sarah join us too.

Holly was beyond thrilled to get a start in the kids zone enjoying the corn pit. She loves the sea of corn to romp in, bury herself in and use the little scoops in. This year though it was dusty... really, really dusty. She came out completely covered in a film of white corn dust. Her black socks looked like a creamy color, her dark blue jeans were super light blue... it was kind of blech. But, she had fun and that is what counts, right?

Yes, those were black... as in *new* black socks. LOL!

We also enjoyed the water pump duck race, feeding the goats on the ramp, watching the little pig races, the bouncy pillow and the super slides. We even spent a good amount of time in the huge corn maze... but I think we made record time this year with Holly as our 'leader'. Honestly, she did a pretty good job.

And, we had to cap the day off with choosing the perfect pumpkin. A good day!

Fire Station Tour

Yesterday we attended a fire station tour with our Moms Club. The kids had a great time and the fire crew were superb with the kids. They played some games that introduced stop, drop and roll -- vs just talking about it they had the kids act it out with a fire fighter, they learned how to crawl below smoke and touch a door with the back of your hand to test the heat. And a firefighter slowly dressed in his fire gear and explained it all to the kids, ensuring he was not scary in his uniform and explaining how it all works to protect him.

They took the kids out to through the station and their living quarters into the garage loaded with their fire vehicles. They shared their trucks, opened all the compartments and showed the types of gear they use. Then the kids all got to climb up into a truck and 'drive' it! Finally, they had a smaller hose all set up with cones and each child got their turn at using the hose with a fire fighter to knock down all the cones!

It was a great time! We had folks over last night and she told them all about her trip there, modeled the stop, drop and roll and how to touch a door and choose to go through it or the window -- honestly, I am pretty impressed with what she picked up from this trip! Now we need to do a good job of reinforcing it and keeping it in conversation! There is an upcoming emergency fair that we will take her to so that she can kind of hear all of that again and we will talk about our home and our plan, too! If you haven't done this, or at least recently done this... no better time than the present!

Whew, Funfilled Weekend!

This weekend was a FUN one for us! Friday night started out with me getting to head out and scrapbook all night, one of my favorite things to do! Bryan and Holly stayed home to have a Daddy & Holly night where they enjoyed some fall leaf fun and The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Fun night!

Saturday we filled our day with soccer in the morning, family stuff around the house, a visit from Grandma Annette and Uncle Adam and a celebration dinner for Kristina's birthday -- a busy, full day!

Then Sunday we headed for a family walk and some playtime at the playground and then headed down to the pumpkin patch, Spooners Farm. Here Holly enjoyed some kid play area, the search for the perfect pumpkin and more! I tried my hand at a pumpkin sling shot - my first time ever. We enjoyed this time with the Ross Family! We then headed out to a friends family Halloween Party which was a lot of fun! After that we wrapped up our weekend with dinner at Auntie Sue's -- good stuff!

That was a really quick wrap up - the photos are the fun part... so here you go!

Holly burried in leaves... fun with Daddy!

Holly & Mommy in the pumpkin house!

Daddy waiting while we picked the perfect pumpkin!

Holly taking a ride.

Holly took this photo... Yes, Holly! Great job kiddo!

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