Pumpkin Carving Party

Step 1: Get pumpkins from Mike's Farm. (Check.)
Step 2: Carve pumpkins at fun pumpkin carving party (complete w/chili and apple cider)...

On our way! This is also the "before" shot of the pumpkins.


Let's say "during" the carving.


Andrew really had no intention of sitting on my lap.


He wanted to run, hide in the bushes, eat chili, squeal, laugh, dig in the dirt, kick the ball with big kids. Which leads to a dirty face and a runny nose w/dirt in it. Sorry...


Then he got to hang out with the Big Boys.


Andrew with the finished products.


After: a spider and a bat


Lit up!


Step 2: ...(Check.)

Mike's Farm Fun

Yesterday we hauled Team Holt out to Mike's Farm. It was the first weekend they were opened for the fall season, which includes a hayride out to the pumpkin patch!!

And I brought my camera! However, it had a low battery so there are no pictures of Andrew with the animals. He saw chickens, goats, a sheep, a llama, and his favorite: a donkey. The donkey came over and Andrew got to feed him (although the signs said to not feed him by hand) by hand! He was a gentle donkey and just lipped at his hand... I'm not even sure Pedro (the donkey) had teeth.

Okay, so here are the pictures!

Plan of attack:


Andrew's so punk rock.


I'm pretty sure he tried to pick up every pumpkin he saw.


See what I mean:


There was a tractor....


...that I could not get him away from!


Eventually we got on the hayride that took us to the pumpkin patch!

He spotted "this one..."


...and that one...


...and tried to ride this one.


Did I mention he tried to pick them all up?


Success!


We came home with three (3) pumpkins!!