Gritt's Pumpkin Patch

We decided to take the kids to a pumpkin patch this weekend to pick out a pumpkin to carve. We had a great time and love taking the kids to new places! The best part about the day was that it was October 23rd and 85 degrees!! We were all sweating in our long sleeves, I wasn't anticipating it being so warm (not that I'm complaining though!).

My three mini pumpkins!! To get all three kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time is near impossible. Here's our best shot :)! 2 out of 3 isn't bad, right??

Happy Halloween!

I just realized I forgot to publish this post...

We're not huge Halloween people, but we do enjoy many of the fall festivities. The kids (well Riley at least) love to dress up so this year I decided they were going to be Tinkerbell and Peter Pan! I'm definitely not against trick-or-treating, but at this age we just decide to take them to the Richland Township square where our church and many other businesses participate. They have a petting zoo, bounce houses, lots of games and their own version of trick or treating. Last year we had a blast and this year we had fun too, but it was so cold we didn't stay long. Riley wanted to stay longer, but she was literally shaking. Lincoln was very bundled up, you couldn't even tell that he had a costume on. He ended up falling asleep in the stroller too while we were "trick or treating". We walked by the bank and it said it was 37 degrees out and it was SO windy!

We had a great time and once we left we stopped by Big B's and got hot chocolate to warm ourselves up. I have to admit though, when I got home, I was a bit disappointed in the candy this year. Not the kind of of candy, but the amount...it's definitely not going to last very long :). Good thing the kids have completely forgotten about it and now it's all mine :)!

Pumpkin Pickin'

Gull Meadow Farms is a very popular place during the fall and especially around Halloween time (hence the reason we usually make multiple trips during the season, this time we brought Daddy with us). We took the kids to play in pumpkin lane, pick out pumpkins and have cider and donuts. I would love to tell you all how much fun we had and how the kids were so good, but to be honest the kids were horrible. We ended up leaving early with only 2 pumpkins instead of 4, no donuts/cider and timeouts times 2! Neither of the kids got a nap and Riley especially cannot handle herself without a nap. That's another post, though, at another time...I'm sure soon :). Anyways, if the kids are smiling in these pictures they were probably faking it! Our fun family outing ended in a lot of frustration, on both ends. We live literally 2 minutes away and both kids were asleep before we got home!

Out of all of the pumpkins, this small one is the one she just had to have...

Daddy with both kids going down...

FINALLY after 2 years we got Riley to go down the slide!! Lincoln was so excited to go down and Riley, once again, wanted nothing to do with it....but then she saw Lincoln do it and wanted to also. They LOVED it and were not happy when they shut it down.

Lincoln and I went down the slide together--definitely not good when you have a healing tailbone! (Yes, it still hurts...bad!)

Riley literally sat down on the bench, put her hands behind her head and said "Ahhh...this is the good life..." We were cracking up but have no clue where she got that one from.

Checking out the pumpkin heads. I love to see what new "scenes" they have each year!

Family picture, at least most of us are happy.

Riding the bus together!

The real 96 lb. pumpkin!

Gull Meadow Farms

Today was the most perfect first day of Fall! Sunny with a high of 79, that's what I'm talking about! We took advantage of this beautiful weather we've been having by taking the kids to Gull Meadow Farms to pick apples, go on a tractor ride, pick out pumpkins and play in "Pumpkin Lane". As I was walking out the door with both kids, Ty was walking in and since I knew it would be easier with one kid, I handed Lincoln off so I could just take Riley (plus it was right in the middle of L's nap time)! Talk about perfect timing!

First we went on a tractor ride to the Apple Orchards and picked bushels of apples which we all split at the end. Justin, our guide then gave the kids a small lesson about the apples and the trees and let them pick out their very own apple to eat on the ride back. We then rode back, ate donuts (they are the BEST! donuts I think I've ever had) and drank fresh apple cider, then the kids played for a long time in "pumpkin lane" where there was a HUGE tunnel slide that ALL the kids loved...except Riley, of course. She was the only one that wouldn't go down...even the babies (18 month olds) went down. She's definitely not the most adventurous of the group. I even tried to push her down (so mean, I know) but she was crying so I decided to just to do something else with her since I didn't want to scar her for life. I can't wait to go back with Ty and Lincoln closer to Halloween and pick out our pumpkins!

Ri found the perfect pumpkin in Pumpkin Lane!

The two of us on the tractor ride.

She had to try to pick the apples that were on the highest branches!

Riley picked the perfect apple!

Mr. Justin teaching the kids about the apples and tress.

The huge tunnel slide!

Hay maze!

Rocking my baby :)!