Thursday, November 12, 2009

The pumpkin patch

J&Js Nursery does a free pumpkin hayride every year. You just donate some food for the food bank. This is the first year we have gone. Luke was sick, so he stayed home with Dave and Michelle. It was a beautiful, warm day. The kids had fun, but they were disappointed that the pumpkins weren't as big as Days Farm that we usually go to. But, they were free. J&J's pumpkins.
The day before Halloween, we went with some other families from our neighborhood to Black Island Farms in Syracuse. We also went on a hayride there. The kids were so excited because they wanted to get some bigger pumpkins. They like the really big ones. It was funny, because I think Kaitlin is holding the biggest pumpkin we found there. At Black Island Farms, they pick the big pumpkins to sale and save the little ones for the hayride. Oh, well. It was still fun. Next year we will grow our own big pumpkins in our garden.
Our neighborhood group. It was very cold that day. Everyone is bundled up.
On the hayride, the tour guide picked all of the kids a carrot and an onion. Luke got home and devoured those carrots. He thought they were so yummy.
The big slide at Black Island Farms. There are lots of activities for the kids to do there. If only it wasn't so cold that day. We probably would have spent more time.
Jared coming down the big slide. It had rained the night before, so the kids were sliding in big puddles. Not only were they cold, but also wet.
The name of the big slide.
The train ride pulled by a 4-wheeler.
In the corn maze. Michelle had been sick during the night, so she was riding with Dave delivering some nails. I was glad I didn't have her. It was too cold.
Kaitlin going down a slide.
The name of another slide. It was great fun.

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