Pumpkins & Puddles

After our trip to Home Depot on Saturday, we went to a fall festival.

IMG_1642Luke was pretty crabby when we first got there, but his mood got better the dirtier he got. It rained while we were there, so there was plenty of mud for him. I later realized that he had a molar breaking through, which explained the crankiness.

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IMG_1666 IMG_1667 IMG_1671Luke was all about the pumpkins. He kept trying to pick them up (even ones that were close to his size) and had to point them all out to us, “Punkin! Punkin!”

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20131005_132123By the time we got to the apple picking, Luke was in a great mood. There were apples and mud puddles everywhere. Maggie fell asleep during our wagon ride out to the orchard and slept through it all. She did look pretty cute in the apple dress I made her though.

IMG_1684 IMG_1691 IMG_1705 IMG_1707 IMG_1715 IMG_1718 IMG_1721 IMG_1722 IMG_1728 IMG_1729Luke ended up completely soaked. Thankfully we had brought a change of clothes for each of the boys with us.

IMG_1730IMG_1679 The boys loved playing on the hay bales and going down the slides.

IMG_1680 IMG_1736 IMG_1739 IMG_1740I know it’s just the angle of the camera and the way that they are sitting, but Luke looks so much bigger than Adam in this last photo. Adam is showing off one of the gourds he got. Dave told him he could get one small pumpkin, like Luke did, or two gourds (they were the same price). Of course Adam went for the gourds – they are green after all.

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Snake and a Plane

Adam had another Home Depot workshop on Saturday. When we got there we were surprised to see some people (and animals) from the zoo there. They had a gecko (who did not try to save us 15% on our car insurance), a hawk, a huge rabbit, and an even larger snake.

Luke loved the hawk. He would have been happy just sitting a couple of feet away and watching it the whole time we were there.

20131005_094026I was super surprised that Adam touched the snake (he was petting it with one finger). I really do not like snakes, but I don’t want the kids to be a afraid of them, so I did pick Luke up and get him close enough so that he could pet it too.

Adam got to build a fire rescue airplane and was so happy to get another pin for his work apron.

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