Annual trip to Walden Farms

Abbie in the hay maze.

Abbie loved playing in the corn trough!

She's queen of the world!

Our two lovely girls with the big wagon!

Sophie and Abbie loved the big see-saw too!

Mama and Abbie as a farmer and a pumpkin.

This past Friday, was a beautiful day.  (I wish the girls fall break had been a week later.)  We hadn't been able to visit Walden Farms and do all of the fun stuff that we traditionally do each year because it had been too rainy! We were having trouble making everyone's schedules align so the girls and I went after school on Friday but Matt did not make it.  He was attending a conference in Nashville Thursday-Saturday.  We saw some folks we knew, enjoyed the kiddie areas, the animals, Abbie enjoyed the small hay maze though she was getting a little lost in there =), and we had a lot of fun looking around.  They had the big hay maze closed while we were there because it was still muddy so that was too bad.   Abbie's favorite animals were the little pigs!

My big pumpkins in the pumpkin patch!!

Walden Farm-part 2

This isn't as clear as I'd like but Abbie has a big grin on her face as she blazes her own path through the corn maze.

Yes, it's staged! I grew up with Shelly (Reeves) Walden who married into the Walden family. Matt wanted to get into the tractor. She told him that he could drive it but we just snapped the picture. Matt actually rode on the pumpkin train though with the kids.

Abbie climbed up hay mountain.

We all had a great time at the farm! The girls both had their faces painted and Sophie did a little sand art necklace.

Walden Farm

Look how tall the girls have gotten!

baby calves

our family

The girls are heading into the corn maze!

The first weekend in October was a wonderful weekend for us! Friday afternoon, we decided to be brave and take both girls to see the movie Dolphin Tale. Abbie had to go to the bathroom no less than 3 times during the movie and she had a hard time being still but the movie itself was good. It was probably a little slow for Abbie but Sophie loved it! Matt and I were able to see Winter, the dolphin, in person almost 4 years ago when we visited Florida. Uncle Phil met us at the movie and then we had pizza with Nana and Paw-paw afterwards.

On Saturday morning, we decided to head to Walden Farm. The girls enjoyed the mazes, had fun riding the pumpkin train, seeing the animals, playing on the playground equipment, etc. It was a little chilly but at least the sun was out. Nana met us at the pumpkin farm. Afterwards, we headed to Martin's BBQ for lunch. That afternoon,we stopped by LifeWay for kids day (Aunt Patti works there), ran a quick errand or two, attempted to rest, and then played outside.

Happenings at School

Sophie playing in the wheat trough at the pumpkin farm

a relay at Field Day where the kids has to put on ski clothes

the dreaded sack race-it looks like Sophie was being coached by one of the boys in her class. That was cracking me up! The boys got really into some of the team events. They were cheering their teammates on! =)

the girls are ready to go!

Last week, the kindergarten classes had Field Day. They needed some extra chaperones. My mom volunteered to keep Abbie for me so that I could help out. Each of the 10 classes at her school was responsible for two different little stations or games. A lot of them were relay race type events and a lot of them were fall related. The kids had fun overall with only a few minor injuries. It turned out to be a lovely day though it started out cold. I was one of the chaperones who went around with Sophie's class. Sophie told me that she did not enjoy the sack race. Ah-a girl after my own heart! I used to hate relay-race type events, especially as I got older because they were never my forte. I also had a lot of knee problems in my teens so I was always afraid my knee would go out during the relay race.