The Great Pumpkins

It’s pumpkin pickin time so we made our annual trip to Johnson Farms Pumpkin Patch, it has sort of become a tradition for us.  It is the perfect place for picking perfect pumpkins, say that three times fast!  The boys love to hop on the hayride and hit the fields in search of their “great pumpkins”.  This year Carter was challenged (by Aunt Melissa) to find the BIGGEST pumpkin (thanks for that by the way) and of course Carter never wants to lose a challenge so his mission for the day, “find a pumpkin as big as the house” (pay backs are hell).  I love watching the boys run through the field in search of their pumpkins, it is always fun and interesting to see what they find.  I am always a little worried as when the times comes to head to the oversized scale, especially this year with the “largest pumpkin ever” in our wheel barrel.

But wait, there’s more, lots more, moon bounce, train rides, discovery barn, corm maze and pig races, that’s right what pumpkin patch would not be complete without pig races.  The biggest hit at least for my biggest boy is the pumpkin launcher.  I mean doesn’t every successful grown man love to see pumpkins shot miles into the air just to watch them smash into slitherins.

Of course, I took pictures, here are few, okay a bunch of my favs.

Look how much we've grown (typical poses)

Carter's favorite animal of the day, baby chicks

Chase's favorite, the big sheep

Faces with Ema Glenda

Train ride, actually Chase bailed before the actual ride began

Somewhere in the corn maze

Our fearless leader

In search of his great pumpkin

Looking for the "biggest" one

Pumpkin seat

Little Mr. Fix-It

Chase loves to play with his tools!

Drill

Wrench



Saw

And of coarse, every Mr. Fix-it needs his head light!

Go Sharks!

Carter’s soccer skills are much improved from the Spring, he has better control over the ball and is definitely more aggressive, in a good sports playing kind of way. He really loves to play, but even more he loves to win. Officially they don’t keep score until they reach 2nd grade but ask any of the boys playing and they can tell you every time. It must be a boy thing.

In A Fog

Literally, one day a week or so ago you could barely see to the end of the street because of the thick fog. As we were approaching the school to drop Carter off that morning, Chase very seriously from the backseat says, “Carter no go to school”. When I asked why he said, “the school is smoky, maybe on fire”. I will admit I was a bit confused at first and then I realized he had mistaken the fog for smoke and thought that it was coming from the school. I was actually quite impressed that was so observant and also pleased that he was worried about his brother walking into a potentially burning building. On the other hand it is no easy task explain fog to a two year old.

Everything I Know I Learned In Kindergarten…

Carter told me the other night, as we enjoyed one of our many conversations while cuddling before bed, that if a girl has on a skirt you should not look up it because they don’t like that. Very profound and very true. He also told me that he saw a 3rd grader peeing on a tree on the playground and that it was also not a good idea because he got in big trouble. I am so glad I spending good money to send him to full day kindergarten to learn these very important lessons.

I don't have any pics of him looking up girls skirts so here is one from the KC Sporting game we went to last weekend.