October 15th

When you think of going to the Pumpkin Patch, you think fall. Jackets, boots, hot cider...not in Hawaii. In Hawaii you are red, hot and sweaty and need cold water. It's not quite the experience I had growing up, but they were still excited to pick out their pumpkins. Poor Millie looked like two face last night, she was laying in the tula and half of her face was burnt. We were all drenched in sweat by the time we got back to the car, but the boys took a good nap after that.

Link picked this one, because he wanted it a little bit green.

Ethan didn't pick this one, he ended up getting a smaller, oranger one.

This kid lol.

Last year, he loved this pit of tiny pumpkins. This year, he was disgusted.

October 20

Ethan + Skinny Jeans = Mucho Cuteness!!

October 18

We went to the park today - probably one of the last days this year E will get to wear shorts. It was 82* when I picked him up from school!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch in the next town over. For the most part, it was a nice day - sun was out, and it was in the high 50s. As soon as we got there, we went on the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch to pick our own pumpkins. Now this is a wonderful idea, expect for the fact that it's rained a lot lately. It was really muddy & slippery, but E only fell once, and I managed not to fall at all somehow..woo hoo!on the hayride

looking for a good one

E must have looked at about 50 pumpkins before making his decision. It had to be perfectly round & really orange. I'm glad that we went yesterday, instead of next weekend as we had originally planned, because they were already pretty picked over.

found one!

After we picked out our pumpkins, E wanted to do the haunted house (it was a big blow up thing and I think he thought it was a bouncy house) and the corn maze. The corn maze was pretty neat, but again, slippery. E was completely covered in mud by the time we got home yesterday. He liked to be the leader and lead us down the wrong ways. Then at the end this dang kid jumped out and scared the crap out of me, didn't phase him at all.

in the corn maze

After the maze, he wanted to play in this big sandbox that was filled with corn. It was underneath an aluminum shed. Well, somehow Bill walked into the roof of the shed and cut his head open. The people didn't seem to upset by it that worked there - they told him where some dirty napkins were on the floor inside their garage so he could clean up the blood. Nice, huh? Needless to say, Bill spent the rest of the time in the car while me & E waited for the haunted house & the cow train.

Once we got to the front of the line, E stuck his head in the haunted house and said NO WAY too scary!! So we skipped that (I was secrectly glad because I HATE haunted houses, even wimpy ones) and he rode on the cow train. It was cute, a bunch of cars pulled by a little tractor. He told me it was lame afterwards.In his cow, Nellie, on the cow train.

They had animals also, and this big pile of hay bales set up where you could jump onto an old mattress. That was E's favorite part even though it was giving me a heart attack.

he wanted to know why the pigs were hairy

So, even though it didn't have pumpkin people & delicious cookies, it was a pretty nifty place. Aside from Bill's injury we had fun.

Apple Fest

Today we met up with mom & dad in Versailles (pronounced Ver- Sales - still bugs me. If you are going to steal a French city's name, at least pronounce it right!) for Apple Fest. There were not many apples there, like we were thinking. It was more like a fair type event, with booths of food & people selling things. E liked the hay ride shuttle that took you from one part of town to the other, but not too exciting other than that. Oh wait, he also liked the parade that kept going on and on and on and on. He got quite a bit of candy from the floats that were throwing it. He's eating some Dots right now before bed - good bedtime snack, no?

I don't have any pictures of the festival because I left the camera in teh car and it was way too cold to walk back. I think the high today was 57* and we were outside all day. Luckily I brought Ethan's beanie & his jacket, I didn't bring one for myself though - someone *coughmomcough* told me it was giong to be in the mid 60s so I thought my sweater would be warm enough. That wind was quite chilly though!

Ethan's "big boy" Mario backpack came in the mail today. He's pretty excited about it (the backpack, not his new class) - he starts his new class on Thursday and then has a 4 day weekend next weekend. Silly yes, but what are you gonna do.