Pumpkin Patch take 2

So last Saturday we decided to take advantage of the great weather we had and head one more time over to our favorite pumpkin patch. I have to admit this year I didn't really want to go! Which is SO not like me! I am as much a driving force as the kids are to go to the pumpkin patch every year. But I think I was coming down with a bug and being pregnant and having a general "I really don't want to move much" feeling has definitely hampered my holiday spirit this year. Hopefully I will be back in the swing of things next year but then we will have a small child....so no promises to my kids. But I have felt a little guilty about my lack of enthusiasm this year.....I didn't even get them Halloween shirts this year! Can you believe it!!:) Josey is wearing one from last year and Lilly pants....she was so desperately missing her Halloween outfit. So I decided that each night this week leading up to Halloween I will do some sort of project with them to make me feel better. So stay tuned for those exciting events to come!

On to the the pumpkin patch....please don't laugh at their outfits. Honestly I just don't care anymore. They can wear whatever they want as long as they are clean.....and sometimes that isn't even a requirement. I do recommend that they brush their hair. I use the word recommend because it doesn't always happen. They are happy though.....right? Sad, I know but it has come to that. Just wait for the fourth, everyone will probably think she is homeless.

I told everyone to pick their favorite pumpkin to take a picture next too. Maddy's favorite....

Josey's favorite (with a wink thrown in).....

And Lilly's favorite with a pose thrown in.

Then of course we had to B-line over the baby chicks that my girls love to hold. I think they could spend a better part of a day with them.

Sometimes I look at these pictures and can't believe how old Maddy is getting!

Then on to the animals....baby cow...searching for eggs in the chicken coop.....

..... feeding the horses......

.... and watching the bunnies. I didn't take any pictures of the pigs...they smelled too bad and didn't deserve the time it would take to take a picture....I just moved on.

Then the girls got to pick one thing to do. There were pony rides and jump houses and face painting and hay rides and hay mazes. Unfortunately they have the reality of having multiple children in the family. It just costs too much! I kinda feel bad for them because we don't even buy our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. They are just not the best price so they can pick out baby pumpkins but not real carvable pumpkins. When I can get them for half the price at Winco I just can't justify getting them at the pumpkin patch. So we take them to the pumpkin patch and tell them that they can't buy a pumpkin and that they can't do all the fun stuff. We are really nice parents....

They all chose the hay mazes though because those were unlimited times that they could go.....those are my girls! This picture cracks me up because it looks like Lilly is practicing her parade Miss America walk and wave with the crazy guy in the background. Lilly is a total scaredy-cat. She does not like to go down slides by herself so daddy had to help her.

Maddy and Josey were old enough to brave the big hay maze and loved it.

One last picture. Lilly was too scared to get up there with Maddy and Josey but not to scared to make that lovely "scary" face.