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The cardboard box of fun...

Round #3

Is it Halloween yet?

This has totally been the Halloween month in our house. We have gone to 3 pumpkin patches, watched all the classic Halloween shows, made many treats, decorated the house, gone to parties, and carved pumpkins...the countdown to Friday is on! Costumes are ready and treat bags are eager to be filled with candy! Until then, here are a few pictures from our pumpkin carving afternoon last Saturday!

Tyler, washing the pumpkins off with the hose (this kept him busy for like a 1/2 hour, it was awesome!)

Chloe soaking up the sun on the deck

Chloe digging into her pumpkin. She loves the way the inside of pumpkins feel. Who knew such a girly girl would enjoy something so slimy!

Tyler with his carved pumpkin, a cute smiley face he drew, and then, with help from Eric, cut it out.

Chloe with one of the pumpkins she carved. This one is a bat with stars. She did an awesome job carving this pumpkin, it's so cute!

Me and my plain Jane pumpkin.

Eric with his pumpkin-it's kind of hard to see his pumpkin, but it's very artistic. His pumpkin is sporting eyebrows and teeth!

It was actually pitch dark when I took this picture it was night & the kids are in their Halloween PJ's- I guess the flash on our camera works really well. The pumpkins all have LED lights in them to make them glow...and our cat Lyndsay decided to get her tail in on the photo...lol!

GO OBAMA!

I'm not a very political person, but I can't let the next few weeks go by without expressing how much I want Obama to be President! Yes, I have already voted, my ballot was mailed in yesterday. Please exercise your right to vote, it is so very important. We have so many freedoms in this country, and voting is right at the top of the list. Oh, and please vote for the right candidate :)

And as my sweet 4 year old boy would say, "GO OBAMA, NO MCCAIN!"

To John McCain, all I can say is, "May the landslide bring you down."

Pumpkin Patch, Round #2

Tyler's class had a field trip to Bauman Farms last Friday. Eric joined the group for a hayride, pumpkin picking, watching how cider is made and general good times. Kudos to Eric for taking the pictures!

Tyler was just hanging out in the pumpkin fields, checking everything out. I heard a rumor at school that several people took a picture similar to this. He was pretty happy and content just being in the field of pumpkins.

Then he realized people were watching him.

Peek a boo!

I think this is the last pumpkin patch trip. This year so far, he has been on 3 of them. We drove by a pumpkin patch over the weekend, and he told me he didn't need to go, because he'd already been to 3, it totally made me laugh. I think it's time to start carving those pumpkins!

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How sweet it is....

Pumpkin Patch

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch this weekend. We've been taking the kids to Heiser Farms Pumpkin Patch for several years now. They have a corn maze, a hay ride, a pumpkin slide, a hay tower, a petting zoo and many other fun activities. The kids always have a blast at the farm. This year we came home with a trunk full of pumpkins. Stay tuned for more pictures when we carve them up. For now, here are a few pictures from our fun day at the patch.

Every year they have a giant pumpkin that you can guess the weight of. It's one of Chloe's favorite things to do, and in keeping with tradition, we took her picture next to the huge pumpkin.

They have quite a collection of John Deere tractors for the kids to get in and play with.

Chloe and Tyler on top of the hay tower.

This is the top of the giant pumpkin slide. The kids were the only ones on it the day we went, there were many laughs coming from inside the slide, I think it was one of their favorite parts!

Our 2 little pumpkins.

Even Eric and I joined in on the fun. Do we look like farmers? Lol!

Tyler taking off to go get his pumpkin.

This is the hay-pumpkin-spider. The kids are pretty good climbers to get on top of it.

Tyler in the field of pumpkins.