A few weekends ago, despite the clouds, rain and cold we headed on over to Larriland Farms (I blogged about it last year here) to pick some pumpkins.
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| Jeans F21 / Socks, Costco / Boots, Target |
We got there just as they opened and we had the whole pumpkin patch to ourselves. Not too shabby if you ask me. Since that kind of emptiness is rare on a late fall weekend, we stopped to grab a quick pic.
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| My sweater, Old Navy (old, similar here) / AB: Shirt, Old Navy / Hat (old,similar here), Old Navy / Shoes (old, similar here), Nike / Jeans, Carter's / Vest, borrowed |
To our delight, the rain subsided and we were able to freely roam the patch with our friends and their kiddos.
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| Nick's Shirt (old, similar here), Old Navy / Jeans, A&F (old, similar here) / Shoes, Clarks |
Traipsing through the pumpkins proved harder than we anticipated with AB stopping to pat the wet pumpkins, to try and carry them and to try and stand on them.
But much fun nonetheless. We tried to grab one photo of the kids before the rain came down and AB was a little weary of holding a boy's hand.
Her dad was very happy, commenting "I'll teach you about boys when you're 25." Good luck dad. She warmed up to it after a while.
And then the heavens opened up. We scooped up the kids and ran for our cars muddy, slick and laughing all the way.
We swung by the main farm house at Larriland to pick up some fresh apples before heading over to our friends' new house to eat some lunch. The kids played, the adults caught up and before we knew it, naptime had arrived. We bid our goodbyes and began our journey home. Did I mention the sun came out blazing halfway home? Womp, womp.
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The following weekend there was a Fall Festival near the harbor so we headed out the door to see if we could make up for the rainy visit to the pumpkin patch. Unfortunately, it wasn't what we had hoped. There were great activities for older kids like pumpkin decorating, crafts and pony rides, but AB is still too little for most of it. But we decided to make the best of it and watch the pony rides and pumpkin decorating.
Then, we hit the hay maze.
Although AB isn't really old enough to figure out how to navigate the maze, we just let her run around in it.
She spent most of her time observing all the other kids that were there, trying desperately to keep up with them.
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| AB: Jacket (similar here), Baby Gap / Top (similar here), Baby Gap / Jeans, Old Navy / Shoes, handed down |
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| Me: Jacket, Target / Jeans (old, similar here), A&F / Boots, Old Navy / Top (similar here), JCrew / Purse, Prada |
There was a band playing who was actually pretty good but they were so close to all the activities it was hard to hear ourselves think.
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AB doesn't know how she feels about the band. We sat and watched for a while so she could figure it out.
I even got her to dance a bit.
We took a minute to look at the animals that were in the petting zoo - two baby llamas, a baby pig, a miniature pony, and some ducks. AB didn't quite know what to make of it.
On our way to the car we spotted a carousel (which we've passed a thousand times but somehow totally forgot about). The line was non-existent, and much like the pumpkin patch we had it all to ourselves. It was so empty the ride operator gave us a deal $5 for the three of us. Can't beat that. It was AB's first time on any kind of ride so we were a little nervous to see how she'd react. (I was nervous because sometimes I get motion sick, but luckily I was fine.)
AB was, well, let's just call it neutral. She didn't seem to be having a bad time, but she didn't really seem to be having a blast either.
Figuring it all out I guess. No tears, no meltdown? I consider that a win. Lunch time and nap time came quickly so we headed home to rest. We all took a nap and it was the perfect way to end a Saturday.
What are some of your favorite fall activities? Can you believe November is on it's way?!?
Days spent with family enjoying the wonderful season of fall? That my friends, is worth a glass of champagne!
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