A great day at the Pumpkin Patch!

Sunday was a beautiful October day, so we headed to Stony Creek Farms for our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch with the kids. We had a great day!

Like any day out, this one had no shortage of "Ava-isms". We used the bathrooms at the farm (thank goodness for kids being potty-trained, it is wonderful!). Since it is a rather old farm, there are no modern bathroom facilities, but they've done their best with what they have. They have a glorified "bathroom" that consists of several port-a-potties enclosed in a trailer, with a nice floor, lights, and sinks... so it really seems like a normal bathroom, except it is a little... uh... "rustic". Ava and I squeezed into a stall, and she whispered into my ear "Mommy... is this a little bit dirty?" And I tried to assure her it was fine. She has random episodes at places where the bathrooms are a little scary, and she will protest and not go, thus cutting our day short immediately, and I didn't want that to be the case this day. And then she (loudly) announced to everyone within earshot, "I think this is the horseys' potty!!"

Well, there you go. Kids don't sugar coat it!

Ava loved the haystack mountain!!

LOVED it!

Loved it so much, we could barely get her out of it!

And we caught our wagon for our hayride out to the Pumpkin Patch! Can you believe how big Aidan has gotten? This cool weather really snuck up on me (I'm not sure why... it IS October, but that is beside the point...) so in a pinch, I grabbed one of Ava's hooded sweatshirts for Aidan to wear. It is a size 18 months. And it fit Ava last year (at 2 1/2 years old). And now it fits Aidan.... at 9 months old. What happened to our baby?!

The kids having a very serious discussion on whether this was a good pumpkin to take home...

Looks like they'll take it!

And we're on our way back! How come the kids can never look at the camera at the same time? Never?! I think it is an unwritten law of childhood!