Dollingers Pumpkin Farm

The girls didn't have school yesterday, and it was the perfect weather for something fun outside.  So, we went to a local, and free, pumpkin patch/farm.  Sadly we only stayed for about 1 1/2-2 hours since I had to work.  But, we had a lot of fun.  Sunny, blue skies with a hint of a cool, crisp fall breeze.

The farm has a lot of bails of hay (or is it straw) to climb on and jump from.  They also have a lot of play houses, boats, trucks.  It's a really neat spot.

 How Tall This Fall???

 

Let's pet some goats...and try to feed them.

My sad attempt at gettting a picture of the kids among the pumpkins

 Isn't she beautiful?

 Tipi time (fitting for Columbus Day, right?)

 Delaney gave her siblings a lesson in how Native Americans ate and gathered food.

 This was Charlie's favorite spot.  He LOVED the big tractors

 All the kids enjoyed the animal fur.  Ew! Delaney kissed a skunk...

There is so much to do here (as you can tell), and did I mention it's FREE?  Oh, we would've done face painting and a tractor/hayride, but I purposely didn't bring money.

Mmmmm! Bacon!

We have a sick love affair with bacon in this house...

(Beginning of) Fall Fun

So, I'll be the first to admit I've been a complete slacker on the blog this year.  I have about 9 posts that are drafts I have yet to "publish" and for that, I apologize.  Some even date back to Rowe's birthday...which is in February.  Yikes.

Since I've been uber-lazy, I decided to just give you a quick update on what we've been up to since school started mid-August.  I apologize for the picture quality...these were all taken on my (crappy) phone.  (I have also been terrible about remembering my camera and taking pictures...what's happening to me???)

We walked to school...on a super cold morning

We (Katie) scored our first soccer goal

We played at parks

We made fun, seasonal craft projects

We played school

We gone on lots of walks/stroller rides

We climbed trees with friends

We let older women drive us

We got muddy

And, we've been silly

Random Rowe

Rowena is really funny.  I mean, crack me up, having me laugh out loud and shocked by her humor and thoughts.

Sometimes she means to be...
I was cooking dinner, and hear "oooooh" (think a child making a ghost sound) and then Rowena gasps and says, "Mommy did you hear that?  I think it was a ghost.  I'm so scared."  THen, again, the "oooooh" and yet another gasp.  "Oh crap, Mom.  I think there's a ghost in here.  Did you hear it?  I bet you're so scared."

Rowe farted and said, "That wasn't me, that was Uncle Joe."  When I responded, "Joe lives really far away." She says, "Well, he has really big farts."

And sometimes she just is (with no intentions)...
The other day, Rowena tripped and started crying.  She says to me, "Mommy, I hurt my own feelings."

Today she said, "I wish we could see the ketchup sign, I have to concentrate, $21, 21 days." And, she said this without a pause or break.

Rowe likes to take books off of Peter's book shelves.  Then, she'll get on our bed and tell me, "Mom, I have to concentrate." Then she opens up Catch 22, and proceeds to 'read.'

You might be Rowena's best friend if you are:
Ellie, Beth, Isa, Dylan, Patrick, Joe, Molly, or somedays, no one.

You know Rowe is not feeling well when she tells you, "Mom, my head is tired and my tummy wants to nap."