Fall Fun

This weekend was filled with fun, fall traditions!

On Friday night we went to the Fall Festival at New Hope!

Bowling 

With Slugger 

Caleb the Scarecrow 

Caleb picked cotton candy as his treat

Ella enjoyed her candy apple 

Baseball Throw

Painting pumpkins 

Ella loved the slide - she was a blur because she was going so fast! 

Hotdogs and Barbecue Sandwiches for Dinner

Making sugar sticks



Toilet Paper Toss

We ended the night with Bingo

 

On Saturday, we went to a pumpkin patch.  This year we went to Vollmer Farms in Bunn, NC and it was our favorite one so far.  They had a lot for the kids to do! 

Ready for the pumpkin patch 

At Vollmer Farms

On the hay ride with Mammy 

The kids hopped on the Udder Run first thing 

Caleb's cow 

Cute little train the kids enjoyed!

 

We headed to one of their playgrounds to play

Spider Web 

Silly girl! 

Tire Swing 

Ella's turn

In the sunflower field

Zip lining 

Wheeee!!! 

Riding down the slide with Mammy 

Then Ella went down all by herself! 

Slide with Caleb

This boy didn't slow down one bit! 

Caleb's turn

More playground fun! 

Ella driving the big 4 wheeler 

 Ella driving me around

On the train 

In the hay 

Ready to slide

Jumping Pillow

Don't worry - there was no one else on the pillow and Caleb just stood up there for a picture! 

Corn Pit 

Ella making a corn angel 

Mammy got in and played too! 

Fun in the corn pit

Climbing to the top of the hay

Wolfpack Scarecrow 

Headed into the corn maze - Caleb led the way! 

They found their first check point 

After they completed the maze!

Feeding the ducks 

Watching the ducks and turtles swimming

Hotdogs and a funnel cake for lunch! 

Me and my girl! 

Rolling in the big pipes 

Ella loved it!

Looking at the bunnies 

Ella put her finger in the cage and one bit her! 

Driving the tractor 

Pumpkin Chunkin'

Feeding the goats 

We ended the day with homemade ice cream on the farm 

Ella was out once we got in the car!

Helping me make some casseroles for Homecoming at church

 

Sunday 

I hung out with these cuties during the Homecoming Service 

We stopped by the pumpkin patch and let the kids pick a pumpkin after church 

Caleb picked a big one and Ella picked a small one.

Silly girl wanted to kiss her pumpkin 

Time to carve jack-o-lanterns 

Corie, our neighbor, came over to help 

Getting all the guts out of the pumpkin 

Corey trying to draw the face that Caleb picked 

Cutting out the pumpkin 

Getting the little seeds out of Ella's pumpkin 

Caleb and his jack-o-lantern 

Ella just wanted to write her name on her pumpkin 

Our front steps

Ella painted a pumpkin and wrote her name on hers.

Caleb carved his into a jack-o-lantern 

Roasting pumpkin seeds 

Washing them 

Ella wanted salt on hers and Caleb did sugar and cinnamon on his. 

Ella LOVED hers! 

Caleb's seeds were ok but we all liked the ones with salt and butter better!

 

We had a lot of fall fun this weekend - hate for the weekend to be over!