So we finally made some time to go to the pumpkin patch, its only 1/2 mile from our house so it was actually pretty easy. Besides the pumpkins they had tons of stuff to do; a petting zoo, pony rides, a corn maze, and tons of other stuff. Lauren petted the ponies but wouldnt ride them and she watched the goats for a minute but then she saw this big lion statue and thought it was zizou (it was super cute) she petted it and talked to it for about 10 minutes. Thanks Joe for holding her up there the whole time.
After the zizou/lion petting session, we moved on to the coloring area. She colored a pretty picture but mostly she tried to get every single crayon out of the box, just like she does at home!
She loves to put her face through these but of course daddy had to stand back there so she'd stay long enough to get her picture taken. She kept putting her head through the little hand holes, I guess they are more her size.
On to her favorite thing of the day PUSHING THE WHEELBARROW!
She LOVES to push and pick up heavy things (I think she gets that from the west side of the family, ie: uncle Joey&Gpa Jim) Of course she couldnt actually move it, so daddy had to help a little.
On the way back to the car she saw another fun toy, in fact it was the noisiest toy ever! She of course loved it! It was actually a pretty good idea for reusing old car parts, etc... The kids loved it!
After that daddy won the slingshot pumpkin contest so we got a HUGE pumpkin for free to take home (we could barely pick it up by ourselves) but hey it was free! On the way to return the wheelbarrow we ignored the safety signs and let Lauren ride in it!
After a tough day at the pumpkin patch we were cleaning out some old clothes when Lauren decided it would be fun to climb in her laundry hamper, for some reason she though it was fun & hilarious!
But of course she would freak out when she couldnt get out of it!
Later that weekend Lauren helped us clean and carve the pumpkins, more pictures of our October adventures to come........................
