Our Lil' Pumpkins

Our lil' pumpkins and plenty of 'em! Or rather, plenty of photos of them both from our wonderful day at the pumpkin farm earlier today!

Y'all already know that I have been grumbling about this nasty weather business but today was bright, sunny ( where have you been sunshine??) a bit breezy, yes, but mild enough to visit our favorite farm & visit we did!! This was our first visit as a family of four and no matter how many "firsts" we celebrate, it truly never gets old. At this time last year we were still tumbling head over heals with Baby Pei-En and had only had his referral for just 2 months. I remember well last year as we visited the pumpkin farm, thinking that it would be our last time just the 3 of us and imagining how next years' visit might be different. LOL Well, it certainly was different and keeping up with two eager and excited lil' pumpkins sure kept us hopping and it sure kept us smiling too!

We have been visiting this particular farm for years and I think only missed one year when Lauren was just one. Over the years we have visited others, but always this one calls us back. We love that it has retained some of our same favorite activities and while it has gotten a bit more commercial since our first visit years ago *sigh* you can still see the owner's family dog running through the crowds and count on plump orange pumpkins a'plenty! And the pie......oh, the homemade pie.....

Lauren loved the pony ride best and was an absolute peach with Tyler. She was the first to make certain that he saw all the attractions that she loves best and held his hand when he was uncertain about the corn maze. Tyler......well, yep, he loved it ALL, but the petting zoo probably enchanted him the very most. I have NO pictures of the kids with the animals cuz Little Man has no fear and trying to keep little fingers safe is a full time job! :) I only truly got nervous around the turkeys and peacocks.......they were a tough group of feathers and several of them sported some unsettling gleams in their birdie eyes. :)~ Tyler made us all laugh as he tried to match up the animals with their "sounds". He got the cow, pig and sheep just right, but I'm pretty sure the goats, bunnies and ducks were a bit put off with his eager, loud and joyful, "cocka...dooooo, doooooooooo, deee" aimed in their direction! :)

And while none of our pics were just perfect ( not easy with two ya know! ) we had a nearly perfect day! Once again WAY too many for one post, but I know 2 eager Mimis who would be sorely disappointed if I don't share as many as possible!! :) Finally, I LOVED seeing all the pumpkin farm outings on so many of your blogs and simply can't get over how many darling lil' pumpkins there are out there in bloggyland!

Our two pumpkins (actually together in the SAME pic!!) enjoying the corn crib!

Lauren helped Tyler run through the corn husk tunnels ~ I love the pure joy on their faces!

Not sure he liked the prickly straw, but had to show the post hat hair!! LOL Defies gravity!

This is for my bloggy friends who like to see(me) Mama once in a blue moon too! And for my Mom, who I know will be looking! I so wanted a family of 4 pic. but Scott wouldn't pose! :(

Lauren taking a ride on beautiful Spirit!

She loved that pony soooo much......our little horse whisperer.

I just hate that Lauren's face was covered, but had to share this........I love those Big Sis protective hands holding on to Tyler and I love his obvious joy at being hugged by Big Sis even more!

We have pictures of toddler Lauren on these tractors too! One lil' pumpkin almost too big to ride and one lil' pumpkin just getting started! That makes me nostalgic for so many reasons!

And this one......we tried so hard for that classic "pumpkin shot" but he was just way too busy to sit still for too long! Who can blame him? You can see that he's already planning his escape and merely tolerating one more picture! LOL He also called the pumpkins "balz" all day long! :)

Ironically we left with NO extra pumpkins today. Lauren simply didn't spot "THE ONE".....

Luckily our weather is supposed to be gorgeous for the next few days and we have one final trip planned to a local farm ~ so hopefully I'll have a few more shots to share soon and who knows? Maybe we'll get that family shot and elusive "pumpkin shot" yet! :)