Last Sunday we headed up North to Anderson Farms for a fun day in the pumpkin patch. We went there last year with my sister, but it was super muddy and kind of chilly, so this year was a completely different experience. It was a gorgeous day and the weather was perfect! But, of course, while packing a million things for my millions of children, I forgot to bring my camera! Bummer! So all of these pictures were taken on my iphone. They turned out o.k. but it's not quite as quick and you really need a quick camera with these crazy kids. They don't stop to pose for very long!
Brad, Jayne, Cohen, and Arie joined us for the day!
Nolan was constantly in search of "the perfect pumpkin". He probably picked up 50 pumpkins over the course of the day in his quest for the best one.
We checked out all of the animals.
And fed the goats some food that we found on the ground.
Peek-a-boo!
They have so many fun things for the kids to do here.
Hay Bale Maze
Tire Tower
The boys had fun making their way through this little maze too.
a wooden train
Mark took this picture too and posted it to Instagram and Facebook saying something like: "Bet my Mom would like one of these at her house sometimes!" So true!
roping the steer
Last year Heath wanted to ride the pony. He did and had SUCH a great time! Nolan was not interested in riding it. He loves animals, but thought it was a little too adventurous for his blood! This year was totally different. He told me before we left that he wanted to ride a pony. Whenever he wants to try something new we make a BIG deal out of it! We were thrilled that he wanted to try something a little out of his comfort zone. But I wasn't holding my breath that when we actually got there he would still want to ride it. But I was wrong!
He came right over and chose his horse {butterball- "the horse with no color" according to Nolan} and hopped right on! He wasn't scared at all. He wanted Mark to stand by him at first, but then he settled in and Mark stepped away. He did great and had a lot of fun!
Heath, of course, loved it as well. He always bops his head back and forth and makes this "I'm cool." face when he rides a pony.
I took this video at the beginning of the ride.
We were SO PROUD of Nolan for taking a risk. We really celebrated him and you could tell he was SO PROUD of himself as well. When he hopped off, he said, "This was the best thing I've done in my life!" Ha! What a sweet heart!
After the pony rides we got on a wagon ride that would take us out to the pumpkin patch. The wagon stopped to let the kids feed the cows some "cow cookies". Their tongues were so long and huge!
When we got out to the patch it was super fun to just be able to wander around in the field for awhile, searching for "the perfect pumpkin".
This was our first time being able to pick a pumpkin from a patch instead of a pile. Nolan wandered off by himself and had such a good time making such a hard choice!
The views were amazing!
We plopped Brooksie down to play with some pumpkins while we found our pumpkins.
Heath didn't take long to choose his. He found this green pumpkin right away and knew it was the one!
Nolan ended up choosing this "light" one! He held it on his lap on the wagon ride back to the farm and sang, "And I'm so happy, so very happy, I've got the love of Jesus in my heart!" over and over again. Love him!
We also picked out this big one, perfect for carving!
After the wagon ride we checked out the gourd tossing and played in the corn for a minute or two.
It was such a fun day and some more fun memories for our boys! Next year we'll have 3 crazy boys running around through the pumpkins.
Thanks Brad, Jayne, Cohen, and Arie for joining us!
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