we packed the girls up this afternoon and headed over to bi-zi farm for their first trip to a real pumpkin patch! they had an absolute blast! and we got to make some really special memories together before baby makes his debut. <3
as soon as we got there abbey scaled the hay bale pyramid. i was really surprised that she went all the way to the top all by herself (she didn't know that dan was right behind her with ellie). as soon as she got to the top that batteries in my camera started to die, so i missed some really cute shots. :( for some reason, anything battery powered (cameras, computers, remotes) hates me lately. it was irritating having to keep shutting the camera off and flipping the batteries around, but i eked enough power out of the thing to get pictures of our whole day. 
the hay bale maze was a lot of fun. as soon as we said "go", abbey grabbed ellie's hand and they ran through the thing as fast as they could. it was hard to waddle fast enough to keep up with them ;D we also made a stop at the "corn bin". a huge hole full of dry dent corn, sort of like a farm version of the ball pit at chuck e. cheese. abbey had a lot of fun making corn angles and filling up the little tractors. ellie didn't like it at all, her feet kept sinking into the corn and she couldn't move, until dan sat her on her tush and showed her how to fill up the tractor, then she had fun, too.
the petting zoo. the girls could not get in here fast enough. as soon as we did abbey got a little nervous and didn't want to pet anything. ellie isn't old enough to be afraid of goats that are three times bigger than she is, so she was chasing after the animals and wanted to touch everything. abbey warmed up after a few minutes (and getting to feed a bunny) and tentatively enjoyed herself.
taking pictures while we waited for the hay ride to take us out to the pumpkin patch. i love that ellie is screaming in both our family pictures. she didn't want to sit still at all, there was way too much to do!
the girls had a blast getting to pick their pumpkins out of the field (so much better than the grocery store parking lot). it took us a little while to find pumpkins that were small enough for them to pick up. apparently we went to the wrong end of the patch, while we were driving away we found a mecca of baby sized pumpkins. even though it took a little looking, the girls still managed to find some pumpkins that were just the right size.
after you get off the hay ride with your pumpkin, you get to give it a "bath" with old fashioned water pumps. even though it was getting a little cold and the girls took the liberty to get a little wet, it was a lot of fun to scrub our own pumpkins (and it made mommy and daddy very happy not to have to put muddy pumpkins in the car). after the pumpkins were squeaking clean, we warmed up with hot chocolates before we headed home for dinner. it was a really fun day, i think that dan and i had as much fun as the girls did ;D
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