Pumpkins And Lions

Last Saturday we went on our annual family outing to the Pumpkin Patch.

Aunt Erin always finds the best Pumpkin Patches to go to.  This one had lots of animals and tons of fun stuff to do!  Claire and Oliver loved feeding all the animals.

This goat had hair just like Daddy and Claire.

There was all kinds of fun stuff for the kids to do.  These horses were made from recycled tires.

Oliver loved them!  He really wants to do what the big kids do now, so he just follows them around and has to try everything.

And he is usually pretty thrilled with just about EVERYTHING!

Everyone had a blast playing the duck race game.

And then of course Oliver had to give it a try.

The Pumpkin Patch had tons of these tunnels for the kids to go through.

Claire and Owen loved going through them.

Then...Oliver had to do it too.  He would go through and then back up so that he could through again.

The John Deere tractor was a hit too!  Owen loved it!  And it even matched Uncle Brian's hat.

We all had a blast on the tractor!

Claire loved using the diggers.

The kids loved walking across the logs.

Oliver loved it too.

Even Mark had to get in on the fun!

And so did Aunt Erin!

Here is Mark telling Claire that she had to go down alone.  As you can see, she did NOT agree with this.

And down they go!

It was this point that we realized the kids all needed a little break.

After a little rest, we hit up the corn maze.

Poor Oliver, he did his best to keep up!!

Aunt Sara, me, and Claire waiting in line for the Gourd Launch!

We almost hit the target!  Oliver and Mark did pretty well too!

Owen and Uncle Brian launched those gourds super far!

But Aunt Erin beat us all!!  She was the only one to hit the target!

After the Gourd launch, we hit up the wheel races!!

 Even Grandma hopped in!

After an awesome day of fun we headed back to Uncle Brian and Aunt Erin's house for a delicious dinner.  We also celebrated Mark's birthday with a delicious cookie cake.

 Even with his eye infection, Mark had a blast.

Overall, it was great day!!  I can't wait to go back next year!!

The next day Nana took me and Claire to go and see The Lion King.  It was amazing and Claire had sooo much fun!

Claire loved getting all dressed up and going to the theater.

 We really had a great time.  The show itself was amazing but watching Claire enjoy it was far more amazing!!

Claire looked so grown up all dressed up.  She really loved being a "grown up" for the day!