fall family fun!

we took a trip to the pumpkin farm last weekend. it was such a beautiful day! it started out chilly (mind the long sleeved shirts) but we were soon pushing up our sleeves and enjoying the day. i will tell you that pumpkin farms are a lot harder to find here in tx, than they were in wi! i don't know why exactly, but there aren't very many around. they are a little bit different here too, on the way out we all stopped and bought homemade ice cream. not apple cider or warm pies, or hot caramel apples. none in site - ice cream and popsicles made of fresh strawberry puree were on the menu.

i thought it would be sweet to get nathan's picture on the hay sitting by all the pumpkins :

he only wanted to move the pumpkins around:

he tried SO hard to pick this pumpkin up. i can tell you one thing, the one who said "where there is a will, there is a way" was NOT a 24 pound little boy facing a 20 pound pumpkin!! (please take note of how straight his back is, and he is trying to lift with his legs. this boy makes his mother proud!) so many pumpkins so little time!! finally, one he could pick up and just hold - that was all he wanted to do!

"i may not be able to lift them all, but i can pull them on this trusty little tractor!"
here is a picture of all of us

nathan REALLY likes birds. every time he sees one, he gets REALLY excited and can just barely stand it if they fly! that is DEFINITELY the COOLEST thing he has EVER seen. he will put down whatever he is doing to watch a bird. if it starts to fly he makes a circle face and says "oooooooooo" or "ooohhhhhhhh" and points for everyone to see. he was really happy to see all the chickens walking around. they never did fly, but he sure enjoyed watching them walk! (you can see it right in front of the parked truck .

that about sums up our trip. we had a great time and came home with a pumpkin for some yummy pumpkin cake, and pudding, and pie, and . . . whatever other recipes i find!