Sunday, October 19, 2008

pumpkin farm...fun!






Our tradition is to take the grand kids to the pumpkin farm each year. The first year Dakota was still crawling and Jacob was hardly talking, little Dayton wasn't even born yet!


Back then Jacob, middle guy driving, was all about the tractors. At that time he was very upset that there was no real motor in this wood version. Dayton's about the same age Jacob was at that time, he is more into the train.



It was pulled by a real tractor...They had a wooden version and he climbed all over that for a long time.

My husband was a good boy and didn't complain about the cost or there being too many people. I told him to stop and be little for a while and then he'd see how wonderful this place is...he did and he had fun! Every once in a while you could hear a kid throwing a fit, a parent trying to drag the kid some place other than were they wanted to be! I made up my mind a long time ago that I wasn't there for me, I was there for the kids and I guess experience has taught me to just let the kids have fun no matter how much of a place they see.

The straw hill was now in a small outbuilding including a slide, I will show those pics off later. Also, pictures of Jacob feeding a goat, the kid has never ever gone inside the petting pen, at least not with us...he did it this time. The little boys were almost too brave.


This picture is after the horse ride. The horses are a type of draft horse, two of them pull a wagon and go around a pond. After this year the two horses will retire. After this picture we headed for the apple cider donuts, yum!





5 comments:

Sugar said...

Great pics, TY for sharing. :)
Nice tradition.
Hope you have a lovely week.
Huggies...

Martha said...

What fun! I'm hoping to make it to our somewhat local pumpkin fest this year :-)

Janie said...

We just got a new pumpkin patch close to our city. Maybe I need to take the grandkids. I have been sick so can not get out and about right now. Those are cute pictures. Grandkids are special, aren't they. lol Blessings, Janie

lisa said...

omg, look how happy you are! I love these pics. The boys are absolutely adorable! Good for Mark for playing too! XOXO

roberta said...

GEE ROSE, I REMEMBER TAKING MY KIDS TO DO TRICK OR TREATING. WHAT FUN IT WAS. I HAVE A SKELETON HANGING ON MY DOOR. I LIVE HERE 20 YEARS NOW AND NEVER HAD A KID AT MY DOOR..DONT EVEN BUY CANDY ANY MORE..LOL ROBERTA