A Columbus Day Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

For the first time ever, our school district had Columbus Day off.  Since our Saturdays are so busy right now with two soccer games every week and since this holiday was forecasted to be a sunny day, I asked Ron if it was okay if I took the kids to the pumpkin patch without him this year.  Since he is so exhausted from work right now, he was happy to let us go without him to free up some time on one of his precious Saturdays this month and let us go without him.  After taking Trenton home with us last night after spending the evening at Chris' house to celebrate his 50th birthday (yikes!), he was able to join us on our outing this morning.  I decided to take the kids back to Knutson Farms this year after enjoying it so much as a family last October.  The five kids and I had a great time wandering around this wonderful farm for over two hours taking advantage of all of the fun activities they have to offer.  It was so fun to watch Emmett enjoy everything along side his older siblings and cousin.  At the end, we picked out our pumpkins and headed back to the car with muddy feet and smiles on our faces!  Here are some pictures of our morning at the farm...

Ella, Logan, Trenton, Lia, and Emmett posing around the trailer at the entrance of the farm.

Mom and kiddos pose for a group photo before heading into the farm.

All five children ready to go have some fun!

Emmy and Ellie posing around the travel sign post.

How tall this fall?  Emmett at 2.5 years old.

Ella at 7.5 years old.

Logan at 9.5 years old.

Lia at 13.5 years old.

First stop: the awesome sand boxes to play with some trucks and scoopers.

Next stop:  the cornhole game!  Logan getting ready to throw his bean bag.

Ella winding up to throw her bean bag.

We then wandered over to catch a ride on the cattle train.  Here are Logan and Trenton ready to take off.

Ella, Lia, and Logan waiting for the tractor to pull them away.

The gang posing in front of the massive lines of pumpkins for sale.  Since we were there in the morning, we were able to take this picture with NO one in the field.  Amazing!

Next stop:  Tricycle races.  Emmett and Ella LOVED this!

All five kids posing for a photo inside the barn.

Mama and her four kids.

After looking at the animals in the barn, we headed over to the massive corn maze where we spent several minutes wandering around.

Emmett running through the maze trying to keep up with the bigger kids.

Emmett chasing after Lia and Logan.

We went from the corn maze over to the hay maze.  Here is Ella striking a pose on top of some bales of hay.

Logan doing the same.

Emmett in the maze.

The kids enjoyed quite a bit of time at the duck races at the end of our morning.

Ella and Lia racing against each other.

Emmett sending his ducks down the gutter.

Ella, Emmett, and Lia posing in the truck cut-out.  Logan and Trenton were still too busy racing ducks to join the other kids in this picture.

The gang posing around the wheelbarrow after picking out our pumpkins.

A close-up of my darling, two-year old pumpkin with his sister behind him!