Another trip to the pumpkin patch....

Reagan and I made another trip to Waterman's for her school field trip last week. We had a great time with her class and some her and I "time". It was FREEZING on the day went so we are bundled up with our gloves, hats and winter coats. I think that we got pumpkin #8 while we were there. And, yes, this was our final trip to Waterman's this season:o)


Reagan and her class from Holy Spirit Catholic School. Reagan is on the far right in the purple coat (hidden in the shadows).


Reagan with her pink nose....



Enjoying our time together on the hayride out to the pumpkin patch.

Reagan and her friend, Joseph.

Reagan with her "special" pumpkin. We carved a bat into this pumpkin with the kids I babysit for. You can see the final "product" in the post below.

Jack-O-Lantern's....

We got around to carving our Jack-O-Lantern's today. We started out first by carving a small one with the kids I babysit for then ended the day by doing our BIG ones. I think over the past two weeks we have gotten eight (yes, eight!) pumpkins. And by no means, am I carving all of them!!

The pictures below are from today with all the little ones. Some of them enjoyed it for.... about a whole five minutes then were off playing a game. A couple wanted to help and others had nothing to do with touching the insides. They all decided they wanted a "bat" carved. Lucky me!!!

Luke had no problem sticking his hand inside...

And Emma had NOTHING to do with sticking her hand inside no matter what Reagan tried to say....

Christian had a blast sticking his head inside (or at least trying to) and yelling as loud as he could.....

Now, here are the ones from tonight. What a difference from earlier today... I guess today some kiddos had better things to "play" than to sit and watch me. But tonight..... they all three had to be on top of the table, right in the middle of everything I was doing!! With that said, I came upon the conclusion that whoever decided pumpkins should be carved, did not 1) have three children ages four to one and 2) they had help. So, I called for backup; Lisa, Kimberly and Madeleine came to give me a hand before I went "mad". The kids had "goo" EVERYWHERE!!! My table, floor, walls, door handles, themselves and places you could only think of had "goo" on it or in it. See why I came to my conclusion?? Anyway, we got the two BIG pumpkins carved, everyone and everything cleaned up and I didn't go "mad". I guess the old saying is true, "It takes a village to raise a child". That was so true tonight....

Christian loved sticking the spoon inside and decided that pumpkin rinds don't taste too bad:)

Everytime Reagan pulled some "goo" out she would say, "Yuck!" or "This is awesome!".

We thought we might lose Claire in this pumpkin. She is trying to clean out the bottom and the pumpkin is soo big and she is soo tiny that we thought her whole body was going in....

My "backup" (Kimberly) helping out with the second pumpkin. I never would have made it to that one if I had to do it all by myself, THANK YOU, Kimberly!! And Lisa for giving baths and Madeliene for picking out the seeds to toast!!!

Our final products... Nothing too fancy but that is OK. The kids LOVED them and that is the most important thing!!

All clean and happy....

Whew, what a day!!!!

My "Little" Man...

I took this picture of Christian last night at my mom and dad's. As I was looking at it, it suddenly hit me that I no longer have any "babies" in my house. Christian has now become my "little" man. Who would have thought I could love such a little thing so much....????

Waterman's Farm Market

We took our annual trip to Waterman's Farm Market last weekend. The kids had a blast seeing and doing all the activities they had. And of course, taking the hayride to the pumpkin patch to pick out their very own pumpkin.




One of their favorite things to see... the pumpkin smashing dino.


Daddy and baby girl, Claire, having fun...


They all loved climbing in the "straw"...


Daddy and his girls....


The hayride back after we picked out all SIX pumpkins!!!


Mommy and Reagan relaxing together...



Daddy and all his "babies"...


Reagan lovin' life...



Christian also liked to "taste" the straw and we found it EVERYWHERE...


Claire actually smiling for the camera and showing off a bit, too!!!


And my girl, Reagan, who LOVES the camera...



Mama and her babies....


The girls could not decide which pumpkin or size they wanted....


Reagan choose a small one and carried Christian's pumpkin for him.



Claire wanted this pumpkin first but ended up getting a small one. And, as you can see, she was tired of the camera in her face:):)


This is the pumpkin that Christian "REALLY" wanted but we told him that he had to be able to carry it. After a lot of effort of trying to pick it up, he got a small pumpkin that he can carry around.