Pumpkin Patch

Lots of pictures ahead!

Today we had our first visit of this Fall to Carolyn's Pumpkin Patch. What fun! The weather was gorgeous. The biggest hit was the hay rack ride. Here are the S's with buddy Ben. We were there with a bunch of friends.
It dropped us off in the pumpkin patch where we got to pick out a pumpkin.
Sam really just wanted to get back onto the wagon and have another hay rack ride. When it was finally time, he ran as fast as he could back up onto the wagon!

They had a concession stand so we had some lunch. They had cider slushes, which I put into the kids' water bottles. They called it juice. They are SO obsessed with juice lately. It's all I hear: "juice juice juice!" I don't even give them juice. They get a Kieffer smoothie in the morning but that's the extent of their regular "juice" intake. We finished lunch with their famous pumpkin doughnuts. The children have developed a pretty decent sweet tooth!
I was lucky enough to have a little break from pulling the wagon, thanks to the super kid strength of Nik and Olivia.
Sophie apparently decided to mimic the pigs we had just seen by rolling around on the gravel. Really Sophie?? How is that fun? I guess the gravel felt neat in her hands.
I love this picture of my little guy:
Here is a devilish looking Julia (with her unmanageable locks hiding her cute face) and Sophie about to do who-knows-what to Ben.

Here's the only picture we could get of the Fab Four:This evening I went garage saling and out to eat with Maia, Malena, and Nik, who are two of the cutest kids I know! (Malena and Nik, not Maia. Maia's cute but not my type... hehe). Then I got to visit my pal Shawnda and gaze upon her 3 new beauties! Her triplet girls are just beautiful. The girls' big brother and sister are just as adorable!

In other news, Julia had her hematology apointment at Children's Mercy the other day. Her neutrophils were at 830. 1000 or higher is normal and her levels have been getting higher each time so we're hoping there is an end in sight. Until her issues are resolved, we'll still have to be extra careful with her getting sick or cut, as this causes her to have a hard time fighting off infections.

I took this picture this morning. Nothing better than a huge box to play in. They were laughing like crazy!I told you I had a lot of pictures. Just three more. This was so cute - Julia wiggled herself into the little baby doll cradle, pillow, blanket, and bee included. Soph came over to kiss her.Then Sam!
Check our my 365 to see a picture of Sophie on her first date.