I CAN SLEEP ANYWHERE... AGAIN

Do you remember this post?

He is fast asleep on the hardwood floor.

It was from April of '09. Now, a year and a half later, he does it again...

Last night, Luke did NOT want to go to bed, so Marc took him with him over to a friends to watch Game 2 of the World Series - even though it was a school night. Normally, Luke doesn't nap anymore in the afternoon... today is different.

He's sleeping on the floor at the base of the couch under the skirt of the slip-cover.

I took this one after he briefly awoke and pulled on the skirt. He must have thought it was a blanket.

Can you imagine how nice it would be if you could sleep absolutely anywhere?

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!

PUMPKIN PATCH 2010

It's that time of year again, to go and get our pumpkins. Even though Luke went to a Pumpkin Patch with his school, we still wanted to go as a family. So, last Friday afternoon, we went back to the place we went last year.

While we waited for the Hay Ride to take us out to the patch, the boys were entertained with what the farm had to offer. First up - petting the animals. They didn't actually pet anything, but they enjoyed looking at them.

There were goats...

Porkchop thought he needed to get down to this goat's level.

Then there were sheep...

Porkchop liked talking to this one.

The animals were a hit, but it was on to other things.

When we first arrived, there was this HUGE swarm of birds. It was kind of creepy, especially when they all took flight... we kept praying we wouldn't get crapped on.

Grey was all about exploring everything.

Next was the Hay maze...

then the big slide and the play pit...

I tried to get a photo op of the boys together... yeah right!

Finally, it was time to go to the Patch

All loaded up and ready to go.

I captured this pic of our silhouettes, which I thought was really cool.

NOTE TO SELVES... go earlier in the season.

The Patch was pretty desolate. In fact, our hay ride was EXTRA long because why we were riding around in circles in a nearby meadow, one of the farm work-hands was placing already harvested pumpkins out in the field. It was a little disheartening. But of course, the boys didn't know the difference.

They immediately got busy looking for the perfect pick.

Pumpkin Patch Picking successful, and... I was able to capture them together.

Now we just have a little carving to do.

HUMOROUS DECORATING

Illustrated below, is how to decorate your bookshelves in a kid friendly manner.

"DROPPINGS"

We seem to be having a minor setback with the potty training.

HALLOWEEN PREP

Princess Leia in the making....

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

Yes... he can now scale the gate.

BELVEDERE PLANTATION

After last weeks postponement due to rain, yesterday, Luke's Pre-school class went on their first Field Trip to the Belvedere Plantation Pumpkin Patch. This place is crazy big and has tons to do for all ages.

After arriving and getting all organized into our groups, the first thing we did was head out to the Pumpkin Patch. Everyone was given a plastic bag (for carrying picked pumpkins) and we were all loaded up into hay filled wagons for the short bumpy ride to the patch.

Luke got right to work looking for the perfect pumpkins for he and I.

After we had our pumpkins, we all lined up waiting for the tractor to return to pick us up. This was the perfect time to take some pics of Luke and his classmates.

I wish this one was in better focus, 'cause it's just so darn cute... Luke giving Lacy a hug.

Here's Luke with Lacy, Illyana, and Kayla.

Illyana

Lacy... or how Luke pronounces it... Weezy.

Kayla (I love this pic)

Back on the hayride, I snapped this pic of Luke with Miss Sarah - his teacher's Aide.

This was the tractor that pulled our wagon.

This was the patch that had the BIG pumpkins. We didn't go to that one.

All around the property there were these incredible Mums.

After a much needed potty break for all the little people (except mine), we were off to the Fun Barn.

This beautiful old barn was filled with hay and rope swings for the kids.

Luke took his turn and did really good...

but he was more interested in eating his lunch. Unfortunately, lunch is still about an hour away.

Then we headed to the Petting Zoo.

We saw pigs...

and chickens and a rooster...

and a baby cow.

Luke and Lacy are waiting their turn to pet the cow.

The cow was very friendly, and the kids really enjoyed petting him.

Next were the goats.

We got a quarter's worth of food so Luke could feed one.

Before leaving the Petting Zoo area, we tried to get a class picture. This picture includes Luke (hiding behind the sign), Kaitlyn, Lacy and Kayla.

This picture includes the same kids as above plus Beau. Let's just say, Beau is a little out of control.

Then we tried for everyone from the class. Beau disappeared, but Andrew joined the group as well as Miss Angie (Luke's teacher) and Miss Sarah.

And finally, before Lunch, the kids learned about Pollination.

At this point, they are learning how a flower grows, and they are supposed to be acting like a growing flower. Luke, however, was more interested in trying to eat his lunch. Eventually, I was able to sneak in the take the lunch box.

After growing like a flower, they became bees. Here's Luke getting his wings.

Luke the Bumble Bee.

Luke's heading to the first flower to help with the pollination.

He has his piece of pollen, and he's off to the second flower to complete the process.

Little Bees, Luke and Kayla, are checking out all the pollen.

We finally had lunch and then Luke played in the play area for a little while, but before that, I took this picture of him in front of the Cows.

This was is favorite part... the Tire Horse Swing. I got lots of CUTE pics.

As we were leaving we stopped to take a few more photos.

Luke in front of the Fun Barn.

A Beautiful row of Amazing Wildflowers

Luke in front of a Tractor.

When we got home, Luke got right to showing our pumpkins to Grey and Marc.

I think he's reminiscing about his Amazing first Field Trip...

to this Amazing Place...

Luke in the Pumpkin Patch

Happy Halloween!!!