Sunday, October 12, 2008

Pickin some punkins!

It's already the middle of October and T will be fifteen months old in a matter of days. The time truly flies by. We have been busy enjoying the fall. It will be a few more weeks before the leaves really start to change color and the weather stays in the 60's/70's for more than three days in a row. Tomorrow is supposed to be 80 but the displayed Halloween decorations help reinforce the season.

Last week the three of us spent the afternoon at Homestead Farms. It was great, a true farm, just like I remembered. The hayride took us out to the pumpkin patch. Pumpkins attached to vines were everywhere. Perfectly round and bright orange, prime for picking. The three of us found the best ones; two big, for Mommy and Daddy and a small white one for T. I was so happy to be there! I loved being with my boys and establishing our family traditions together. Showing Brent that there is more to Halloween than buying a very expensive pumpkin at a gas station was pretty great too. He was impressed by the farm and was shocked that pumpkins really aren't that expensive outside of the desert!

After our pumpkins were selected we visited the little petting zoo and touched the cow, goats and looked at the chickens. With our wheel barrel and bucket in tow we we moved on to the Apple Orchard. I picked several different types of apples and have enough to make apple crisp, apple bread, and feed T an apple or two a day. Brent was busy chasing T down the row and T was busy throwing apples. After plenty of exercise we checked out with apples, cider, pumpkins and smiles. We had a great time together!



This past Saturday we went to the Colorfest, a festival about 30 minutes away. It was the 45th Anniversary and something I went to as a child. It has changed over the years to be a huge attraction. There are more booths than ever and food vendors offer more than just hot chocolate and pancakes (nothing like an apple dumpling at 10:30am). Thomas played on the playground tunneled by large maple trees and Brent and Grandpa supervised. My mom and I walked around looking at the crafts and art work. We didn't buy anything but it was fun to be out! It's a good thing we went early, people were everywhere and it wasn't long before the town was filled with festival chaos.





Today I ran to the mall while Daddy was home to watch T. I think I could use a full 12 hours there. Not only do I need winter clothes for the entire family but I need to restock my closet with some clothes that fit! If only money grew on trees! I know it would certainly make my fabulous hubby happy!

Hoping we get a few more weekends with beautiful weather so I can finish out the farm/festival season with a bang!

1 comments:

OceanDesert said...

You've got quite the "punkin" on your hands!!!! Squeeze him for his auntie!