Pumpkin Patch

...was windy, but we had a blast!

Next year everyone is allowed only 1 pumpkin.

For days we were begged by our children, "Please oh please take us to the Pumpkin Patch!!"
So finally we went on a homeschooling class trip, and brought home way too many beautiful pumpkins! Then we were told we just had to carve them ASAP!!
When the time came to carve had arrived we told the kids, "After lunch we will carve them."
Well, they did all the morning chores, extra well, and without any fusing. They ate all their breakfast, and even made lunch and brought it to us! They laid out the newspaper and got out all the supplies.
They told us how happy they were, and how - I quote "I have been waiting and waiting for this day all year!!" I even thought to myself - we should use pumpkin carving as a bribe more often - and then I remembered why we didn't.
And not 5 minutes after the faces had been drawn on the pumpkin the kids split to the swing-set and we were left doing the dirty work.

Autumn is Cold!!

Sorry to have checked out for so long. It's been a tough month or two - our daughter has joined a great little school, and getting used to the routine has been intense. 

Plus R. and I have been working hard to get ready for winter!! 

Brrr..today was an October day indeed! Frost on our pond this morning! Our daughter bundled herself up all nice and snug with her woolens to take her morning walk to the barn. She lets the ponies out each morning and makes their dinner. 

Hopefully we will carve our pumpkins this week.  We took the kids on the tour of the local co-op pumpkin patch. We went through the corn maze and the kids learned all about caterpillars and butterflies! They each got to pick out whatever pumpkin they could carry, We are so lucky to have such a community oriented town. 

All and all things will be back to normal soon as we prepare for the hoidays. The next few months will be packed full of family crafts! Can't wait to tell you more! 

We miss you Summer!!