our small group (aka church bible study group) met for lunch and then headed to a local farm for a hayride and pumpkin picking. just madelyn and i went because mason had not been feeling great and we were meeting at his nap time. matt volunteered to stay home with him.madelyn was really excited to be meeting and eating at "happy meals" (her recent name for mcdonalds). what was even better was that the happy meal was a pumpkin handled halloween bucket with mr. potatohead on it! madelyn thought that this was the greatest thing ever; although she was a little disappointed that there wasn't a toy inside too.
the farm we picked is known for its painted hay bales. the one in the picture was by far not the cutest, but it was the most convenient for having all the kids pose in front of for a group picture.
we went on the hayride first. it was actually a pretty long hayride - maybe 30 minutes or more - and we got to 'feed' the cows ears of corn. i thought that it was pretty neat and so did madelyn. she wouldn't stick her arm out far enough for the cows to reach her ear of corn. she just kept calling the cows over to her but there was a wire fence and they couldn't get any closer. she finally just threw it out to them.
madelyn wouldn't let me take any pictures of us together for who knows what reason. but some of our friends took a few pictures and said that they would email them to me so maybe i will post some later.
here is another painted hay bale as a spider and madelyn out picking a pumpkin. she finally settled on a smaller one that was still green striped on one side. it's not going to make the best jack-o-lantern but it was the largest one i could get her to even consider. she was too excited about the mini-pumpkin she got to pick out after the hayride. she had brought her happy meal bucket with her because she wanted to get an "itty-bitty" one that would fit in her bucket.
it was a wonderful fall day for pumpkin picking and madelyn and i had a very nice time together. she said that we were "on an adventure". love.
2 comments:
What great fun and what a nice group of kids. The hay bales are very creative.
Weird to see pumpkins in an actual patch- where they grow!!! I love her new name for McDonald's. looks like a cute place to take the kids in the fall.
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