mother nature's farm

Gosh, so much has happened since school started, I am going to try to update a little of what has been happening around here.

Garrett and Grace had gone to the pumpkin farm with a friend earlier. Of course, I promised Jack that I would take him as well. We went on the first day of fall break early in the morning and it was perfect. It wasn't crowded at all and he had the pick of the patch for pumpkins.

We went on a trailer ride around the farm and got to see the farm animals. We fed the goats and saw a turkey and rooster just wandering around the farm.

In previous years when we have visited this farm, the stickers for the pumpkins were all in plastic tubs on the tables. It seemed like a lot of them were getting dropped on the ground and ruined. This year they got smart and gave each kid their own baggie full of stickers for their pumpkin. I would say it was a great day for us!

carving pumpkins-2010

Three pumpkins that match three personalities.

Grace wanted hers to be girly with hearts and kissy lips.

Garrett wanted his to be scary!

And Jack just wanted his pumpkin to be happy!

The seeds in Jack's pumpkin were actually sprouting! I have never seen such a thing before.

It is so great to be able to carve pumpkins outside on the back porch. It makes it so much easier to clean up the mess!

carving pumpkins

We really waited until the last minute to carve our pumpkins this year. The beginning of the month was so hot, so I wanted to wait so our pumpkins wouldn't rot.

Then before I knew it, Halloween was here and we hadn't done our pumpkins yet! We bought them earlier this week and finally carved them last night.

I have to say that I really appreciate the fact that it is warm enough to carve pumpkins outside so that the mess is more easily cleaned up and I don't have to worry about pumpkin guts getting all over my kitchen!

All 3 kids did a great job of scooping out their own goop. Jack told me what he wanted for his face. You can see on the forehead of Grace's pumpkin that she drew the face she wanted. Garrett also drew his face on, but more to scale.

I have the perfect old bench in our front yard to display our little pumpkin family.