We got to enjoy two pumpkin patches this year... the first with our homeschool group down here in Marion County, and the second with our homeschool group up north in Washington County (where we'll be moving back to).
Oct 20th, we went to Bauman's with our S.H.I.N.E. homeschool group, where the kids got to play in hay mazes & whatnot, learned how to make fresh apple cider, got to sample it, pet farm animals, feed the pygmy goats, ride a ahy wagon out to the patch and retrieve a pumpkin, a gourd and pick an ear of indian corn off the stalk. Then we rode back and got to sample the farm's homemade apple cider donuts,... yumm!
It poured rain that morningm and so we thought we would have to cancel, but just as it was time to go, the skies cleared for us. And just long enough too, as no sooner did we get back from the patch, it began to pour again. The walking was hard for me, and I ended up in pain the rest of the day & the next, but we had fun.
Then, three days after that field trip, we went to Baggenstos Farms with our L.I.F.E. @ Home homeschool group, where the kids again got to play in hay mazes, climb hay rolls, and whatnot. We rode hay wagons out to the best pumpkin patch we've ever seen. The day was so beautiful, too. After pumpkins, we rode back to the main barns where we got to learn about potatoes, and the kids got to take home bags of red, yellow & purple potatoes.
We did their 5 acre corn maze, and it really didn't take as long as I was afraid it was going to. I was going to sit it out, but I didn't want to do that to my kids... I am determined to continue to participate in things! It did a number on me though, and I ended up in excruciating pain & bedridden for 5 days after. :(
They do a picture out of their corn maze every year, and then do an arial photograph of it. That's your 'map', and your only map... so you have to really pay attention. It was neat!
For trick-or-treating, Courtney dressed up as a veteranarian. Something she is thinking she may want to be when she grows up, and she is already planning to save her scrubs for when she starts volunteer work & internships at the humane society & local vet's office in a few years. Ashley dressed up as Lilo & Stitch... she wanted to be as authentic as possible, but I made her wear clothes underneath her grass skirt & coconut bra.... not warm enough in October here to be "nekkid" underneath, LOL! Brittney's costume cracked me up,... she decided to go as a 'Domestic Goddess'. It was a hoot!
I have still been doing so bad (pain & everything) that I didn't think I was going to be able to take them this year. Scott was going hunting for this last weekend, but he came home long enough to take the girls treating. And, he brought the scooter for me so I could go, too. I didn't want to have to use it, but I could not have handled going otherwise.
It ended up being a pleasant evening, and while the girls skipped from house to house around the neighborhood, my sweet hubby walked beside of me while I 'motored' along.
I think we need to get a new battery though because it didn't last as long as it used (when his mom used it a year ago). It did well enough, but ended up running out of juice & fizzled out on me about a block from home. I started to cross to the other side of the street and got to the middle where it just stopped, LOL. Poor Scott ended up having to push me the rest of the way back home!! It was so embarrassing, but yet it is really funny at the same time. He said, "It's okay, hun,... I still love you even though you're handi-crapped". Handi-crapped.......??? *rolls eyes* Poopy-head, LOL
I sure hope I can get in to the alternative clinics, and that these new treatments help me. I've got to be feeling better for DL in Dec! *ack*
Anyway,.... I've loaded new pics for those who want to see them.
(((hugs)))
Bauman Farms:
Baggenstos Farms:
And,... more of the costumes:
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