Pumpkin Patch 2009

So the small intimate Chatfield/Botanic Gardens Pumpkin Festival has become somewhat of a crazy mess! There were way too many people, it was a little hot (80) for October, and expensive! Not to mention, there was a freeze/hail early in the season and very wet summer and many of the pumpkins were damaged. From afar it looked great and picturesque but as we got closer it was a field of rot and decay. We barely got to pick out 2 "fair" ones. I am hoping for a better lot at another patch later this week when I take the daycare kids. The kids had fun though and did not really notice all the drawbacks their parents did. Life is so much brighter when you are a kid!

Photo Shoot

The kids have really taken a liking to taking my picture or just using my camera. They like to make faces and pose for me and make me pose too. Some of these were taken by Mason and Lily. And some were just silly. The thing that cracks me up the most is when they take the picture and say "let me see" to review the picture on the LCD on the back of the camera. Man, they have it rough, remember when you couldn't "SEE" the picture until you went and picked it up at Walgreens Photo counter?

Chris' old belt

So we LOVE that Mimi and Papa save everything. This is Chris' old belt from when he was a boy and Mason is wearing it. He thinks he Superman when he wears it (probably like Chris did). Belts are kind of a thing of the past with kids as the new "adjustable waistband" has taken its place. But Mason loves to wear it because it was his Dad's.