A couple weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch! This will be the third year in a row that we've gone; hence the title of this post ; ). And as Ellie gets older, each year she has more fun! This was of course Paige's first time and she had no idea, but it will be fun to see her (hopefully) enjoy it more each year as well. I invited a couple other friends and that made it even better.
First on the agenda was the BIG slide. You have to climb up a ton of hay bails and the guys helped Ellie up it, while us other girls watched from below. I took a video of Ellie going down it and her laugh that echoes in it is so cute. She loved it.
Next was the corn box which Ellie had never done before. She went back and fourth between liking it and then not so sure. Our friend Andrew got in it with her and that was funny! However I didn't get a picture of them in it together.
There were a few different bouncy houses and Ellie enjoyed herself in those. She had never been in one before and I wish I had been able to go in it with her...adults weren't really allowed...
To the side of one there was a decent sized slide and she went down that one a couple times as well.
Last activity before the actual pumpkin patch was this fair type swing ride. Ellie is the one who initiated going on it, which surprised Steven and I. We didn't think she'd want to go on something like that without one of us being able to go with her. However, when it was time to load in the swing, she was still all for it. Then we even went on to say to each other, she'll probably be a little scared when it goes. That girl shocked us and she had a blast. I took a couple pictures and a video. As you can tell by the picture below her face says it all - pure joy! And, if you could hear her laugh - priceless! Ellie even wanted to go on it again.
It was a mid temperature day, but as the evening went on, it got a little chilly and windy. Thanks Amanda for keeping our girl warm!
The hay ride to the patch...
Our friends, Shaina and Josh and Andrew and Amanda...
Paige had dozed while we were doing the previous activities, but woke when we got on the hay ride...
All the girls (Paige hidden in the ergo)...
We'd say Ellie had a content time looking at the pumpkins and asked if she wanted to pick one. But the couple she pointed out, were yucky ones. And the guy who was explaining the different sections of pumpkins kind of gave us the wrong impression, so we didn't actually get off where the cute little ones were and it was kind of hard for me to pick a nicely shaped orange one. Though, I did end up getting a good white one! Also, a few minutes after we'd started looking at pumpkins, Paige started to get fussy and then she was full on crying. I was keeping us out later than she'd prefer, but I had hoped she'd snooze more in the ergo. But, she wasn't feeling it. By the time we got back on the hay ride to the place you buy and leave, Paige was calmed down thankfully.
We're really glad Ellie had the most fun and we got to make more memories with our friends. We even had them over for dinner after; soup and sandwiches - Amanda's idea for a nice fall day together! Great way to end the night!
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