Cuff's Pumpkin Farm - Grandma Reinsel and Aunt Sarah visiting!

We had a great day today. Grandma Reinsel and Aunt Sarah came to visit. Aunt Sarah is from Colorado so this is the first time that Jack had gotten to meet her, and it had been awhile since Andy saw Sarah too. It was a pretty nice fall day, a little cloudy but not too cool, so we decided to try out Cuff's pumpkin farm. It was fantastic - we would highly recommend it to anyone with kids age 2 and older. Jack did fine there too, but I wouldn't say that he got a lot out of it.

We started with a tractor ride on a hay wagon out to the pumpkin patches. We each got to pick out: 1 pumpkin (huge!), 1 mini pumpkin, 1 bumpy gourd, and 2 pieces of Indian Corn. (all that for 6$/person - not bad at all) We selected our pumpkins and they are all gigantic - it's going to be a lot of work to gut them so that we can carve some cool faces. Andy liked to see the pumpkins that were green and still growing. The nice farmer let Andy get all the way up in the tractor and pretend to drive it, which was awesome. With our big haul all loaded up onto the tractor, we headed back. Jack slept pretty much through all of that - the bumpy tractor ride was pretty soothing to him.

Next, Andy climbed up into a play tractor and drove that for awhile. He would have been on it even longer but we convinced him to try the hay bale slide. That was a HUGE hit - you can see the pictures for evidence. Then we tried out the corn maze where Andy led the way until he got a little tired and I carried him out. To his benefit, it was a pretty long corn maze. Lastly, Andy rode on the little four-wheeler train with me which was very fun. We got going pretty fast up and down some little hills, but he wasn't scared at all. Finish it off with a little bit of halloween candy, a trip to the barn to see the bunnies and kitten, and we had 1 happy 2 year old. Andy was then ready to go home and so was Jack - they were both getting hungry. I fed Jack a bottle on the way home and Andy had a snack. We thought they would both fall asleep, but only Jack did. Andy was too wired with his Aunt Sarah and Grandma visiting!

We had a fun afternoon at home - Chris and I both went for a long run separately (in the rain, but we felt tough, like in a Nike commercial), we ate a big lasagna dinner, and Andy showed Sarah his dancing skills. Sarah got to bond with Jack while I was cooking dinner, and she wasn't at all put off by how heavy he is to hold! Andy is now finishing the night by playing with Grandma for a little while, and he should be crashing soon, ready for bed.

Aunt Sarah and Grandma Reinsel will be here tomorrow with the boys too, so they get a vacation day from school - yeah! Enjoy the slide show!!