Pumpkin Patch Fun

First of all, this face. You've got to love this little face.

You know she's up to something, but you can't resist that face.
It kills me.

Okay, moving on. We finally got to go to the pumpkin patch. I've been dying to go since the first day of Autumn. Its one of my favorite fall activities and this year did not disappoint.

Our playgroup went to a little one in Centerton on Thursday. It was super cute and fun to hang out with friends.

The kids were such sports and posed for this picture. Love the old wagon!

Lots of fun places to play

But Tanner spent a lot of time on this tractor. It will be so fun to go to Oregon in November and let Tanner play on all of his Grandpa's MANY tractors. I think he will be in little boy heaven.

More cute picture props

Bailey hunting/hiding in the pumpkins

Tanner posing for me- little cheeseball

And she found a winner. She couldn't lift it but she wanted it so bad.

 

The next evening, we drove over to "Right Choices Pumpkin Patch" in Missouri with Daddy. This place was pretty cute and had a ton to do. Our first stop at this pumpkin patch was the cow train.

My kids absolutely loved this little "cow train"
In their defense, it was pretty much adorable.

Family picture on the cow train.

Then we went on a hayride around the pumpkin patch. It was such a gorgeous hayride, it took us along the Elk River and the weather was perfect.

Check out these cutie-patooties. They are pretty much my favorite people.

And this girl. Oh how she melts my heart.

The tire swings were also a big hit. Bailey loved being able to see me through the middle of the tire. Tanner was a little busy flirting with the girls in the tire swing next to him...it's getting ridiculous guys. This kid has way too much charisma for his own good.

Our next stop was the slide.

There were actually two kinds. The potato sack tube slide that Bailey loved and the roller slide that Tanner did over and over again.

Our last stop of the night was the pillow jump. It was pretty much a big inflated pillow and the kids just jumped and got out every last bit of their energy before the drive home.

 

We did manage a few family pictures.

 

So that was our pumpkin patch adventure. I think the kids are pretty excited to carve our pumpkins. Tanner keeps asking to turn our pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. That will come in another week or so- I don't want them to rot before Halloween.
Stay tuned for more fall fun, because you know it's coming!

Fall is Finally Here!!!

I am so excited for Fall. It's such a fun time of the year. The weather is fantastic, the food is delicious and there are so many fun activities for families.

We kicked off fall with a "talk like a pirate" day at Krispy Kreme. If you came to Krispy Kreme and said something along the lines for "Ahoy matey, give me a donut" then you got a free donut. But if you came in full costume you got a dozen free donuts.

So we threw together these costumes .
Tanner loved having a hook. It was so funny to watch him.

Bailey actually wore a costume I got on clearance last year. She loved the way she looked and kept looking down and checking herself out.

My adorable scurvy pirates.

Then Bailey stole Tanner's hook and took off. She was pretty proud of herself. I was just cracking up. She's probably the cutest pirate I've ever seen.

So we got there and the kids each got their free donut - SO YUMMY!

Then they brought EACH of my kids their own box of donuts. WHAT???
Yep- so many donuts. The kids were thrilled.

The following weekend we went to Mtn. Home for my nephew Clark's bday party. We also managed to squeeze in some football time with Papa.
Love my family in Razorback red.

We've been spending a lot of time at the park too. The weather is so nice that we just don't want to come inside. After swim lessons one day we found a park with a huge tunnel curvy slide- which made Tanner so happy.

The kids also enjoy playing in our backyard. The will play back there for hours. I just leave the windows open so I can hear them and let them play. I LOVE HAVING A FENCED IN BACKYARD!

 

One night we made mini caramel apples on sticks. These were a huge hit with the kids. We let them dip their own apples in the caramel. It was so funny to watch them eat these. Also there was hardly any mess since they were bite-sized apple balls.

On the days we are home and have time, we like to eat in our backyard. Backyard picnics are becoming a regular thing, especially with the wonderful weather!!!

I also get to wake up to these two sweethearts in my bed most mornings. Chris will wake up to get ready before and when he gets in the shower, the kids sneak into my bed and snuggle me. I love it. It's such a sweet way to wake up (most of the time)

Another favorite fall activity was making these fun little apple pies. Tanner helped me mix the apples and sugar and then we filled the crusts. He couldn't wait to eat his little pie. Bailey just held hers for a while. She thought it was too cute to eat. (Don't worry, that didn't last long. She devoured hers too)

 

One day we had some friends over and made some fall leaf cookies.
I made the sugar cookie dough the night before dyed it different fall colors.

The next morning we mixed the dough together and made these cool fall looking leaves.

Bailey loved it. She would hold the cookie leaf and say "It's so cute, Mom."

The kids really enjoyed rolling the dough flat and using the cookie cutters to made cookies.

 

I think they turned out so pretty. It was so fun.

We also attempted going to the Bentonville aerobatics show. But it was so cold, rainy and windy that the planes didn't leave the ground. We loved looking at the planes and the kids even got to climb inside one of them.

We loved this razorback plane

Tanner was in heaven inside this plane. He knew just what to do and started trying to steer the plane. The instructor was quite impressed.

Bailey was an ideal co-pilot

pretty soon we got too cold and decided to head back to the car to eat the picnic lunch we'd packed. 

Tanner loved carrying our umbrella around. lol. I love this little man.

 

Most recently we enjoyed a quiet weekend at home watching general conference.

Nothing better than a yummy breakfast, pajama snuggles and listening to the prophets and apostles.

 

Oh and we finally got to go meet Chris at work and eat at work with him. SAM's has an awesome cafeteria and the kids each got to pick out what they wanted for lunch. The food was so yummy and the kids were thrilled to finally get to go inside Daddy's work.

 

So fat it's been a fantastic first month of fall. I can hardly believe it's October already. We have lots more fun stuff planned and I'm getting really excited for Halloween. Spoiler- we are doing pirates because the kids loved their pirate costumes for Krispy Kreme so much.

I hope everyone is enjoying their fall as well!