Pumpkin Farm 2012

The agonizing wait is finally over, and Evan has already started the countdown to next year.
Pumpkin Farm Day was awesome!   
(Pictures are in no real order and neither are my commentaries.  Just a jumble.)



We met up with friends and spent an afternoon in the sun (and wind), shedding and adding layers as the day progressed.  Evan and Jed have been non-stop talking about the peddle cars from last year, so that's where they spent nearly the entire time.  Fifty laps each, easily.

Animal lovers.  They found this caterpillar almost as soon as we arrived.  Chloe took it down the slide over and over again.  They also each carried their beanie baby kittens in their collars for a good part of the day.  Amazingly we didn't lose either one (although at bedtime we got pretty nervous when Evan's "Chip" was nowhere... oh yeah, it was on his bed already where he put it.)

Chloe had a lovely time with Ysabet who took her by the hand and made her feel really special all day.  This is the first year the kids have strayed from me and played without me.  It was odd, but completely perfect.  They loved it and so did I.

Chloe adores these wooden horses.  She talks about them like Evan talks about the cars.  The biggest one, the "Clydesdale," is her favorite.

Best friend.

Chloe was impressively strong this year and actually maneuvered this heavy thing almost completely by herself (there were two places on the track where she needed a small push).  She went around several times too!

Our friends left before we did, so we had a couple of extra hours where Evan and Chloe did some things together, including some more rounds on the peddle cars, of course, some sandbox digging and a rousing game of prisoner on the hay bales where yours truly was the jailer of sneaky jail-breaking children.  Tiring.

I am still in awe at how much time these boys spent on the cars, including some heavy-duty off-roading when no one else was around.  (Evan's legs are aching today from all the work he did!)

I love this little impromptu moment right before giving hugs good-bye, especially since Olivia jumped in there!   Too bad Chloe's face is behind the Clydesdale's ear.

Kings of the Pumpkin Farm!

The goat kids got quite a bit of horn-scratching from Evan -- they really liked him.

Slide pictures never turn out great, but all five of the kids were up there at once so I had to take this one.  The girls were going down together, on the same slides, and trying not to hurt each other while the boys were tobogganing like penguins at full throttle on their bellies. 

Tradition relived.  They were so NOT excited to do this....again.  But we made them.

The kids were almost sleeping at 7:30pm, and slept about 12 hours each.  Both of them have achy legs and knees today :-)

And I am sunburned.  In October.