The Pumpkin Patch

There was a small pumpkin patch in town at the beginning of October. We took the kids to let them pick out a pumpkin. The activities were too young for Madison, but Emmalene had a good time.

They also had a couple picture stages for you to take your own photos with a fall background. This photo was taken with Madison and Emmalene in front of an old tractor and scarecrow.

When I look at this photo, it makes me realize how small Emmalene is!

Bruce walked around the park with Emmalene and she found this bear statue. She was quite interested in touching him.

Emmalene was mesmorized by the people and all of the pumpkins! She would stand and stare at the different size pumpkins and try to pick up a few. She would then stare at all of the little kids running around. So much for a little mind to take in!

Emmalene kept going back to this pumpkin, the one with the UGLY spot! We convinced her to leave it alone.

Madison saw a couple of friends that she knew and visited with them. Emmalene had a good time running from one area to the next and we all enjoyed a day out together!

My Pumpkin Creation

I saw this pumpkin idea on the new site Pinterest. Basically, you trace anything onto the pumpkin and then glue on buttons. I couldn't find the color buttons that I needed so I used beads and traced our last name initial. I tied a black ribbon to the stem.

Halloween is my least favorite holiday, but I thought this was classy take on decorating for this time of the year.

Youth Night, Kix, Pizza, & Jazz Shoes

No...none of these topics go together, but I wanted to get several photos posted fast. So, the first grouping is from a sleepover. Mark came down to go with Madison to a Youth Night Movie at church and decided to spend the night. We pulled the twin mattress out and the kids piled on to watch another movie when they got home. Cousin sleepovers...can you have anymore fun?

Emmalene took her bowl of dry Kix and put them on the floor while she played with her toys. Snapped these photos while she was on the floor.

Madison had a friend over the night, Camille, and we had pizza for dinner. This is a cute photo of the girls.

This was Emmalene's first time having pizza. We cut off the bottom half and gave her the top triangle. She munched away and had fun listening to the girls giggle because that's what girls do...giggle! :)

Emmalene loves to wear our shoes, especially Madison's. She slipped on her jazz shoes and pushed her grocery cart around the kitchen.