Leafy laughs

Today I spent a discernible amount of time raking the leaves in our front yard. Thankfully our backyard is wooded! That's all I have to say about that. I figured if I could get the raking done in one day, I would do the bagging on the next.

So Noel and I played in the leaves this evening.

Well Hello, Padme.

Cheesin for the camera!

Leaf me alone! I'm busy.


Oh, smile? That's easy!

And another shameless picture of our pumpkin. He's so pretty! Maybe next year we'll have a few to grace our front steps. :)

Tomorrow's goals are to 1)bag the leaves of course 2)Bake an apple pie a la Paula Dean. and 3)Go on the hunt for some fuzzy baby slippers.

Here's to hoping I get all that done tomorrow!

Silly Pumpkin Face!

I ended up cheating and buying a pumpkin at the grocery store this week. It's okay though, Noel still got the pumpkin patch outing!

So we started out with a pumpkin (obviously) and a template I found online.

I couldn't decide whether or not I wanted to do a scary pumpkin face or a silly one, but my facebook friends helped me make that (extremely difficult) decision. ;-) There was one scary one that I thought would look really cool:

And this one was cute too! I wish I had gotten a couple more pumpkins, because this one only took me a little over an hour.

Noel was excited, although she didn't really know what to expect. I mean, last year we didn't participate in Halloween at ALL due to being extremely tired! Plus, she was only a month old ;-)

Cut it open, Mama!

Hmm, this isn't quite what I expected.

But this washcloth sure tastes good!

I'll just chew on this until you're not looking, and then I'll
stuff lots of pumpkin seeds in my mouth. :)

Here is where I traced the template onto the pumpkin

And...Voila!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday Noel and I met up with Allison, her husband Barrett, and their son Ronan to go pumpkin-picking.

We went to Chesterfield Berry Farm, which had LOADS of stuff to do, including paintball, a corn maze, a traditional hay ride, a train ride, duck races, pig races, lots of farm animals to feed, a gem mining center, a "bounce house", a big tub-o-corn and a couple of "spooky" houses that were very kid-friendly.

We couldn't participate in some of those because she's not quite old enough, but we did most of them. Noel sure gave me the run around, though. She likes to walk on her own most of the time, but she doesn't like being guided or "steered" in any direction. She just wants to wander around aimlessly, picking up rocks, dirt, and any trash she can find. Yuck!

Anyway, when I take her hand and try to guide her in a different direction, she will fall to the ground like a rag doll. I will lift her up and try to put her back on her feet, but she just will NOT stand. Oye!! Needless to say, it was quite difficult taking pictures because I was juggling two heavy bags, plus chasing her around!

Then afterward we went into Midlothian and stopped at Mickey D's for a quick dinner. Noel had her first Happy Meal, which consisted of 4 chicken nuggets, apple slices and milk. She wasn't super hungry, but she did eat most of it.

We got home a little past her bedtime, and she didn't go to sleep until 9:30 or so, so she slept in this morning until 9. Yesterday exhausted me, that's for sure!

Noel and Ronan in the "Pirates Cove"

Hmm, what is this stuff?
How tall is Noel?

Noel in the huge Tub-O-Corn.

Noel in the pumpkin patch. I couldn't get her to look at me whatsoever!

"It's too sunny out here, mom!"

Unfortunately, they didn't have any small pumpkins, and I couldn't carry a large one out of there, plus the bags, plus Noel. SO, we went all that way, and didn't get one. BUT we (Me, Tim, and Noel) might make a trip to a local pumpkin patch to get some keepers! We only have a week, so we better get on it, huh??

Monster Mash

Starring Tim, Noel, Dana, Sarah and I :) Haha!

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