After being rained out the previous weekend, we made it to the pumpkin patch this week. We could not have asked for a more beautiful day. The sky was a brilliant blue and the air was crisp and cool. There were wonderful aromas of freshly baked, hot apple donuts and cider. Fall festivals are one of our favorite traditions.
Dylan was treated to his very first pony ride. He was so pleased and excited he kept rolling his eyes and trying to draw his mouth in a straight line (he's so serious) but kept breaking into a giant grin.
The kids had a rubber ducky race with water from the pump.
Then up the hill to ride down the tube slides on burlap sacks.
We met some farm animals: calves and pigs, rabbits, goats, chicks and ducklings. My little animal lover could not get enough of the animals.
We practiced our aim using this slingshot to hit the target. We learned none of us have great aim.
We got lost in the corn maze. It was particularly muddy and slippery since we had a week of rain. I am happy to report no one slipped and fell on their butt although we had some close calls.
Ryan worked very hard to make the bell ring with this sledgehammer.
One neat thing about this particular fall festival is the giant storybook/nursery rhyme/children's movie themed pumpkin people. Can you guess who we saw here? If you said Jessie and Woody from Toy Story you are right.
Then we slid down some haybales and frolicked in the hay.
Finally, we took our hayride to the pumpkin patch and selected a pumpkin to take home. The rule is the kids can get a pumpkin as big as they can carry. Ryan tried his hardest to pick up some of the giant ones but had to settle for a much smaller one.
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