Field Trip To the Pumpkin Patch 2015

Kindergarten through 2nd grade took a field trip to our local pumpkin patch this year. We were excited to have our Hale friends come along with us. 

Friday morning it was fuhreezing cold. Amelia was dressed warm because really.......I never know how to dress my kids this time of year!!!  I told her to grab a pair of flip flops to put in her backpack in case she got hot.

 When I got to school she had already shes everything and was wearing her flip flops. With good reason too because it was 80' outside. It was gorgeous!!!

After lunch we all loaded up in different vehicles and each took a load of kids. 

These kids were super excited and my ears were roaring once we got to the pumpkin patch. 

First stop was the petting zoo in the barn area. 

Titus tried to pose for a picture, but the goats kept digging in his pockets. Ha 

Then a huge slide caught their eyes and they were gone!!

Rough landing. Ha

It was a lot of fun. Once Heather and I distracted the kids at the duck pond (with their teachers) we both took off to the slide. Heather was starting to have 2nd thoughts so I done what any friend would do and gave her a shove. 

While waiting for the hayride to the pumpkin patch, they played on the playground and went through the hay tunnel. 

 

Titus chillin' on the way back. Straw in his mouth and all. 

Group photo time. 

I love that the farmer's dog wanted to be in the picture as well. We kept calling him "Charlie the ranch dog". 

Last thing to do was take a trip through the corn maze. Two little girls at the pumpkin patch volunteered to be our tour guide and I think they were messing with me because it took us longer than it should have and we kept going in circles. Ha ha

All too soon it was time to leave. I wanted to stop and get these poor babies some ice water, but we were going to barely make it back in time for pick up. 

Josiah's class didn't come this year. I kept missing him because I'm used to him always being there. It's a sign of him growing up on me. I took him to buy a pumpkin so they all would have one to paint later  though. 

It was a rainy cool day so I allowed them to paint them in the house. 

Happy Fall!!

Fall break 2015

Last week was fall break. For some reason I forgot all about them getting a fall break. Not sure why.  Anyway, they were ready for a break as well as I was. Of course the first day off included cleaning the house so we could enjoy the rest of the week. I cleaned the whole house while the kids whined and cried in their room all day halfway cleaning. 

Tuesday I got a wild notion to take my kids to Richmond to the Bounce House. They had sold toys at our yard sale and I gave them each $10 and they all agreed they wanted to spend it by playing at The Bounce  House. 

As soon as we got there they all 3 went straight to a basketball inflatable court that of course cost extra to play 15 minutes. That's so dumb.  It looked really fun, but should have been included in the admission price. 

Amelia found her 2 little friends right away. The boys had to play with each other because boys their age were in school still in that county. 

We stayed about 4 hours and they wore themselves out playing. I'll just include a few pictures. 

Titus loved this basketball game. It was supposed to be an extra dollar to play as well, but he found a stray basketball. Lol

My little orphan had crazy hair because she played so hard. 

It's hard not to have blurry pictures when their constantly moving. 

Josiah was scared of the steepest slide they had. Towards the end he finally got brave enough to try it and ended up loving it. 

Titus was like "Nan nana boo boo!"

This picture cracks me up. 

Yeah, I know. Amelia's picture was better. 

Enjoy the next few pictures of Josiah. 

Josiah overcame his fears. 

We left the Bounce House and stopped at Fazolis for kid's night. 

Wednesday we spent the day cleaning the church to help out a family on vacation. 

Thursday was a picnic and park day. 

We spent 4 hours at the park with friends. They had a lot of fun. 

Friday the kids kept fighting and arguing so they got grounded and I made them stay home all day. The library was closed for 2 weeks and they were really bummed about that. 

Saturday we drove to Elizabethtown to see my family. They were having a HarperFest. All our family got together and we had a meal and then games for the kids. There was a bounce house and even a hayride. Everyone had a good time. I didn't get very many pictures though. Here's a few....

The Harper Gang!!

Hayride down a country road. 

This is actually a basketball game using the light pole as a goal. It actually entertained them for a long time. 

We came back home and prepared for Sunday School the next day. 

Hard to believe fall break was over and time to head back to school. 

Monday morning the kids did not want to get up. Amelia cried and cried not wanting to go. They were all tired from a busy weekend.