Pumpkin Patch 2009

One of the things I've been wanting to mark off of the "to do" list before Paxton arrives is a trip to the pumpkin patch. Thankfully, we were able to go this evening on what has to be the most perfect weather day of the season. We had a wonderful time!
There was a petting zoo where the kids could feed the ducks, chickens, guineas and goats. This is about as close as Madigan got to them, but that's actually an improvement over the last petting zoo we went to where she held her nose and said "Stinky!" the whole time.
We went with the Cales, so we took advantage of the opportunity to get pictures of Madigan and Jenna in their super cute Halloween dresses that Grandi made for them.
Now if only we could get them both to look at the camera at the same time...
So close...
Woo hoo! They're both looking at the camera (or at least in the same general direction).
And if getting two kids to look at the camera at the same time wasn't hard enough, let's add a third! Isn't Lindsey adorable?
We got to ride on a hayride. I was kind of hoping the bouncing and bumping would help Paxton decide to come sooner, but so far, it hasn't worked!
We got to see the SCARY spider...
and the Haunted graveyard on the hayride.
An added bonus - this pumpkin patch had pig races!!! Go ahead and laugh, but this was hilarious and a definite highlight of the trip.

Waiting for the pigs

Still waiting...


And here's a video of the excitement. Maybe you did have to be there... but trust me, it was really funny!

The kids also got to play in the hay and on the slides.

And we needed a few more pictures in the actual pumpkin patch.
Sweet girls!
Here's a picture of our family...and a picture of Madigan with her other family!But that's okay, their kid fits in our family pretty well too!
We had a great time and are planning on carving the pumpkin tomorrow night. So stay tuned for more pumpkin pictures!