It's fall and we have been enjoying some beautiful color changes in the foliage. This is my favorite time of year when the air is cool and crisp. Light jacket and sweatshirts weather! So long as it stays dry, though.
Fall festivals, pumpkin patches, hay rides, and corn mazes are abundant this month and we have been out to enjoy a few of them.
Two weekends ago, my parents and I took the girls to a local family farm out east in Elizabeth, CO. We got to go on a tractor-pulled hay ride to see llamas, horses, and cows. Abby and Kayleigh then got to hold and pet some rabbits, see goats, donkey, geese, and pigs. We saw brand new baby bunnies and went through a straw maze in one of the farm buildings. Finally, the trip concluded with all of us plowing through their pumpkin patch trying to find an Abby-sized pumpkin to cut off the vine. We eventually did find one small enough!
Abby holds up her Abby-sized pumpkin that took a lot of searching to find.
This past weekend Paul and I took the girls to a corn maze at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Chatfield. The corn maze is there from September through October and I used to see the sign for it every day, driving to work, and have wanted to go, but we never found a good weekend to do so. This year, we finally got to explore the 8-acre maze!
Look, ponies!
Kayleigh was snuggled up in the stroller and slept through most of the maze adventure.
We stomped through the maze cut in the shape of a marmot for about an hour and did manage to find the exit. For the most part, we let Abby lead the way, but since she only liked to make right turns we had to strongly suggest certain routes in order to head in the direction of the exit.
Focused on getting un-lost and finding that exit!
This week we are heading to Oklahoma to celebrate Halloween with Paul's brother, Peter, and his family. Abby has been anxiously waiting for this road trip so she can see Cousin Annette and go trick-or-treating with her as we did last year.
See more fall photos in our Fotki albums: Pumpkins and Corn Maze
Fall festivals, pumpkin patches, hay rides, and corn mazes are abundant this month and we have been out to enjoy a few of them.
Two weekends ago, my parents and I took the girls to a local family farm out east in Elizabeth, CO. We got to go on a tractor-pulled hay ride to see llamas, horses, and cows. Abby and Kayleigh then got to hold and pet some rabbits, see goats, donkey, geese, and pigs. We saw brand new baby bunnies and went through a straw maze in one of the farm buildings. Finally, the trip concluded with all of us plowing through their pumpkin patch trying to find an Abby-sized pumpkin to cut off the vine. We eventually did find one small enough!
Abby holds up her Abby-sized pumpkin that took a lot of searching to find.This past weekend Paul and I took the girls to a corn maze at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Chatfield. The corn maze is there from September through October and I used to see the sign for it every day, driving to work, and have wanted to go, but we never found a good weekend to do so. This year, we finally got to explore the 8-acre maze!
Look, ponies!
Kayleigh was snuggled up in the stroller and slept through most of the maze adventure.We stomped through the maze cut in the shape of a marmot for about an hour and did manage to find the exit. For the most part, we let Abby lead the way, but since she only liked to make right turns we had to strongly suggest certain routes in order to head in the direction of the exit.
Focused on getting un-lost and finding that exit!This week we are heading to Oklahoma to celebrate Halloween with Paul's brother, Peter, and his family. Abby has been anxiously waiting for this road trip so she can see Cousin Annette and go trick-or-treating with her as we did last year.
See more fall photos in our Fotki albums: Pumpkins and Corn Maze
Monday, October 25, 2010 |
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Oh my gosh, she is so big! We haven't seen her in a really long time, and what a big, big girl! Sigh. Well, Kayleigh still looks the way I remember Abby looking, so I guess I'm ok. I'm ok. Deep breath. :)