Our pumpkin patch trip

Here's what's left of the pumpkin bread I made with one of the pumpkins we brought home...

Here's Adrienne, Lydia, & Simon on the wooden train--this is Simon's favorite thing about the pumpkin patch!

Maybe Aaron isn't too old to be playful?!!

Here's Simon and Annie...


Jonathan, Elijah, & Annie on the train--oh, and the reason everyone (except for Jonathan) is in coats and long sleeves is that it was exceptionally cold and windy that day (other than that, we've had a nice Indian summer!).

Simon showing his perfect pumpkin...



Simon and Jonathan at the pig race...

And the petting zoo. Annie *loved* it, but I'm not sure the goats felt the same way!

Lydia was more "goat friendly"...

Fortunately, she wasn't able to pet the pig!

Lydia, Annie, Simon, & Jonathan goofing...we had a great day, as this pumpkin patch is really fun. It's the 4th year we've gone, and it's one of the high points of our fall!

our fall so far

Simon loves all kinds of building toys, and here he is with his mega block creation, a "happy walking robot". He usually spends his days playing with various building toys while the older kids do their school work.

Here are the 5 younger kids at a local park--Aaron is too old to enjoy parks anymore! But we're thankful that at 13, Jonathan is still very playful.



Here is Simon getting buried--all the kids took turns burying each other, but I didn't want to fill this whole post with all the pictures!

Annie's birthday party

Our little Annie turned two on September 17th, and even though I'm a month late, I wanted to post a few pictures from her little birthday party. Since the only part of cake she ever eats is the frosting, we just had an ice cream "party" after dinner. I don't know why she was so serious in this picture, as ice cream is one of her most favorite foods!


Here is Lydia giving Annie the homemade card she made for her--Annie loves purses, and took a little while to figure out that there was a present in the bag...


Here she's opening play dough, which everyone has had fun with!