Fall Break

Bryce had fall break last week, which meant three days off school where we wore outselves out trying to keep him entertained. How did I do it for the last 5 years??? One of the days we went to Vala's Pumpkin Patch. This is a pumpkin patch on steroids, it's more like a State Fair.

Here are the boys when we first got there - it was only in the 40's, so it was a little chilly all day. But some hot chocolate, a camp fire and lots of running around helped keep us warm. This place gets PACKED on nice days, so being there on a cold one had it's advantages.

Austin on the giant jumping pillow things. They're HUGE, both boys loved it.

Bryce in in the corn box (like a sand box but with corn). He had a blast, but for some reason Austin hated it. But he'd also had it by then...

We went with several families of friends, but here's who we ran around with - my friend Lora's girls and their cousin. The kids did GREAT - after the corn box Austin decided he'd had enough of the cold and put himself to sleep... for 3 hours. It was AWESOME, I loved not having to chase him around.

In addition to the above things, Vala's also has push tractors the kids can drive and 4 different tracks to choose from, firepits, pig races, a pumpkin eating dragon show, multiple haunted houses, an animal farm, train ride, hay rack rides out to the pumpkin fields (in 5 hours we never made it to pick out pumpkin, we just grabbed already picked ones), story time villages, pony rides, lots of food vendors, and tons more. It's nuts, but very fun.

And here are the boys in a giant leaf pile in our backyard. I love living in a neighborhood with developed trees - but we have a lot of leaves to rake in the fall. Good thing we'll have lots of boys to do it, huh!