Carving Pumpkins

You might remember while at the pumpkin farm, we picked a couple pumpkins from the patch.  So on Sunday afternoon (to end Fall Break), we decided they needed to be carved!

Reba dug right in scooping out the seeds.  Dallas, as you can see, wasn't so sure about it!

Momma even got caught on camera helping get the guts out (mind you I'm standing behind/bending over the bench part of the picnic table; I wasn't afraid of getting messy - as it might look)

Once Dallas found a spoon, he was able to dig out the seeds

Then, the kiddos decided this was the best approach!

Daddy carveing drilling the design on his and Dallas' pumpkin

Their final product (go Redlegs!)

Reba with the girls' pumpkin

Once it was dark enough, we set them on the front porch and lit them up!

The kiddos loved 'em!

Until next time...

Pumpkin Farm

We had so much fun last year at the Mayse Farm Market, that we decided to go back this year while Dallas was on Fall Break.  It was a little chilly, but the kiddos did not seem to mind!

Little Miss thought she needed help from Daddy on the Rat Race

Dallas, on the other hand, took off on his own

They were very excited about doing the gourd sling shot!  Reba did it all on her own this year...

Dallas knew to get a low stance

Momma even gave it a go

We then took a wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch.  The kiddos thought this was a swell one to pick.

A nice family photo on the ride back from the patch.

Dallas said he could carry the pumpkin...he didn't get too far though

The kiddos have these sit-on bouncy balls at home that they have fallen in love with the last few months, so I thought they would get a kick out of the Lil' Buckaroo's station...and they did!

After the horses, the kiddos headed over to the straw bale maze.  I think it might have been their favorite part!  We lost count how many times they went through...

Reba kept asking about the big slide, so we made our way through part of the corn field maze and ended up at the slide

A quick photo with Momma before going to another turn down the slide!

I wasn't fast enough to catch Dallas coming out of the slide...

We loaded up the Cool Bus and made our way to the petting zoo goats

Until next time...

Trip to the Zoo

Dallas was out of school last Friday for Fall Break, and since Daddy was finished with harvest, he took the day off as well!  The previous Sunday at church, my friend Carla mentioned she was going to take her girls to the zoo on their Fall Break.  It got me to thinking about some free zoo passes we had from Daddy working Boo at the Zoo last Halloween.  When we got home from church, I found the passes, and discovered they expired at the end of the month.  I mentioned the idea to Doug, and he thought it would be a great start to the long weekend.

A quick snapshot before entering the zoo.

Here's a quick look at the last time we visited the zoo...over 3 years ago!

We found a couple bats hanging around in a cave

Dallas really liked this Scarlet Macaw (remember, his favorite color is red)

Can anyone guess what Dallas said when he spotted this guy?

Reba couldn't wait to see the giraffe.  Unfortunately, they weren't up as close as the last time we saw them.

Although, she was able to craw on the "baby giraffe", so she was pretty happy with that!

Monkey see, monkey do...

Until next time...