Saturday, October 22, we took our annual trip to the Pumpkin Walk. Our plan this year was to have Grammy come with us, but since she was recovering from her illness she stayed home to rest. On the drive there I looked in the backseat to see that Truman had removed his shoes and socks and was, well...
...nonchalantly chewing on his toes. Is it normal for an almost two year old to still suck on his feet?
Audrey sucked on her toes some when she was a baby, but never as much as Truman and definitely not as long.
It still cracks me up though and I think he's so cute.
We were lucky to have good (meaning, not raining) weather for our outing.
Our first stop was the little straw maze for the kids. It was pretty easy and Audrey breezed through it and Truman thought it was so fun to show Matt and me which way we needed to go.
Next up was the bouncy house. This is our third year at the Pumpkin Walk and our first year to do anything other than just see the pumpkins. We've always managed to avoid the kid activities. The first year Audrey was little and last year we didn't want to mess with it because Truman was little so we steered Audrey away from all of it. But this year we knew we'd have to give in. Turns out, it wasn't bad at all.
It was not easy trying to get pictures of the kids bouncing around. This is the best I could do.
The funniest part of the whole experience was when it was time for the kids to get out of the bouncy house. The way they do it is they let a few in at a time and they get several minutes to bounce and play. When their time is up they all get out and the next group gets to get it. It was time for Audrey and Truman's group to get out and Truman fell down on his tummy. Another little boy, about the same age, saw him and jumped right on top of him. He just laid there on top of Truman and wouldn't get off. Truman started yelling and the other parents kept telling their son to get off. Audrey went over to help and tried pushing him off but he stayed until he was ready and then got up. I suppose I could have been annoyed, but no one got hurt and it was pretty funny.
We did a little fishing.
Then Audrey really wanted to get her face painted. They had high school girls painting the faces and they did a pretty good job. Not pros, but cute.
Audrey wanted a white and purple unicorn.
We managed to get Truman to sit still long enough for one of the girls to paint a pumpkin on his cheek.
It can get pretty dark out there so we've learned to bring out own light. Audrey had the flashlight so Truman had to have the head lamp. He's our own little miner.
We waited in line for awhile...
...and then finally made it to the pumpkins!
I love coming here and seeing all of the creations. Anyone can bring a pumpkin to line the walk through the forest. Some are very basic and some are very artistic.
We were quite impressed by this alien head.
It's a fun little walk and we always get some good ideas.
Kung Fu Panda had all of his friends carved into pumpkins on the table next to him, but I didn't get pictures of them.
Audrey liked Rapunzel.
And Truman was thrilled to see Elmo. He never watches Sesame Street but somehow he knows Elmo and loves him.
The kids did really well even though they were still kind of sick. In fact, by the time we got home Truman seemed miserable and we were happy to put both of them to bed.
We had a great night together and had fun kicking off our Halloween celebrations!
1 comment:
Looks like you guys had a great time! Cracks me up...the purple and white unicorn! Thanks for sharing these. Maybe next year I'll be able to go. Happy Halloween Holyoaks!
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