Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday the girls and I piled in the car with some friends and then went for a 40 minute car ride to a pumpkin patch.

Audrey was a bit scared on the wagon ride so she held my hand almost all the way to the pumpkin patch. Anna got mad if I tried to hold her arm, leg or anything so she wouldn't fall. Abby was having fun sitting next to the boys not scared at all. They are all so differant.

From left to right. Mason, Abby, Jacob, Audrey, and Anna.

I let the girls pick out their own small pumpkins. It was so funny watching them try to break them off of the vine. After I helped pick them, they then of course wanted a differant one. No such luck. I figured the owners wouldn't appreciate picked pumpkins lying around.

After finding the three small ones we headed down to the big pumpkins.

Abby really wanted to find her own big one so this is the one she found. It was a very odd shape, but I liked it. After helping them pick it Abby carried it all the way back to the wagon. What a strong girl!!!

I forgot to bring the back pack for Anna and was a bit worried, but she did great! She had so much fun running around and touching all the pumpkins. She only fell a couple of times, and there was some ruff terrain.

Audrey tried to carry the other one, but I had to help her out a bit.

After we got back to the farm stand I tried to get some photos of the girls sitting in the pumpkins. No such luck. It was 70 degrees out and the girls were dressed in turtle necks as you can see and they were not in the mood for photos. Especially Anna note the photo above.

After we paid we sat down on the lawn and had our picknick lunch. Every one had so much fun and the only thing bad was Audrey found a splinter in her hand on the way home.

Math

Abigail and I work on school work when I can actually find the time and energy. Today we started a new work book. Look what they had her do. She had six bears and had to choose how many went in each rocket. Then put the number in the rocket’s column. She then had to write a number sentence. Three bears + three bears = six bears. The only thing she needed help with was what some of the numbers looked like. I am so proud of her!!

Camden hills

Brandon left early this morning for yards down in Maryland. They will be down there until mid December. He is going to be missed terribly!!! We tried to get in as much family time as we could before he left. So on Saturday we headed up Camden Hills. It was gorgeous up there. The town of Camden looks awesome from above. The boats in the harbor, church steeples, and old cape houses all mixed in with fall colored trees.

We could even see the cement plant in Thomaston. We live right next to it (got to love that) so we could point out to the girls where our house was. When we first got there we went up to the top of the memorial for World War 1 that they have there. Brandon carried Audrey and Abby walked in front of him up the steep winding stairs. I stayed behind with Anna and got some great shots of the three of them at the top. I then followed up with Anna. What a view, 360 degrees of beautiful.

Camden Hills Cont.

After that we took a walk down the road a bit and let the kids climb on rocks and run around. Brandon even found a caterpillar hanging from a tree to show the girls.
It was a great afternoon spent in the fall sun.