Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

We all headed to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm on Thursday, October 25 with Evan's Preschool.  It was a blast and a beautiful day too.  Everyone else in the area thought so too, because it was crowded, but ultimately you could still pretty much do everything you wanted to do.  The hard part was matching the energy window with our block of time.  We didn't get to everything, but did get to try out some new activities this year that we hadn't done in the past.

We got to see the Pig Races, which was actually a cute little story about the Three Little Pigs.  The kids thought this was pretty entertaining.

Then we all headed over to the Hay Ride where we had a scheduled time the preschool was to ride.

Elaine had a good time on the Hay Ride too...my little pumpkin.

We opted to not pick out any pumpkins on the Hay Ride (since it was just Mommy with the three kiddos and we had some we had purchased at Dave's Pumpkin Patch), except the cute little one we already brought along. :)

 

Here are the kids on our journey back from the pumpkins.  Cameron wanted to hold Elaine.  Here he is with big brother holding her hand too.  Evie is there as well, but didn't want to get in the picture, you can just see her hair on the side.

Here are Mrs. Netty, Miles and Ewan with their pumpkins.

After the Hay Ride we then got to go on the Train.  This is always such a highlight.  Here is a picture of the kids in the tunnel.  They loved this part!

Evan and Evie had a very good time as usual at the Farm.  Here they are playing on the giant tires after lunch and on the slide.

Our last activity of the day was just with one of our preschool buds, Cameron and his Mommy Julie.  Everyone else had to head back home.  We decided to take the kids to Coyote Mountain where they got to pan for marbles.

They loved this and then go down some awesome slides.

At this point, Elaine was all tuckered out.  Here she is cuddling with Julie.

All in all it was another great day at Bishop's.  This place continues to amaze me and we love coming back every year.

I leave you with two final cute pics of my girls at the Farm.

Evan's Preschool Harvest Party

Evan's Preschool had their Harvest Party on Thursday, October 15.  Evan was looking super cool as Spider-man this year.  Just check out theses pictures below.

I love this picture of Evan checking out his muscles. :)

Here he is at Preschool with his buds Gavin and Charlie, a.k.a Captain Americas.  Superheros were pretty popular this year, especially among Evan's buds.  Evie got to get in on the fun too.

The kids had a super fun day of making orange Halloween masks, fall treat bags, and large Jack-O-Lateran's filled with newspaper.  They also got to eat a delicious lunch at school too.  Here is Mrs. Netty explaining the rules for the pinata.  All the parents and siblings got to return at 11:00 a.m. that day to see this activity.

Here are the kids lined up to exit out to the backyard.  Aren't they just adorable?  There were 3 Captain America's, one Minnie Mouse, one Rapunzel, one Ninja, one Batman, and 2 Spider-mans (one of the Preschooler's siblings also came as Spider-man, Ryder)

Here they are outside now patiently waiting to receive their decorated treat bags that they could use after the pinata is broken.

Here are the girls watching the festivities.  They look excited don't they. :)

 Evan got picked to go first and swing the stick.  Here he is in action.

The pinata was quite challenging to break, finally Mr. Chris had to help a little.

Candy and Goodies!!!

Evan and his buddy Cameron pictured back inside now awaiting the chance to eat cupcakes; the final treat of the day.

Cupcake eating actually moved outside.  Here are the kids munching away.  Most were now out of their costumes to avoid any frosting stains on their outfits for Halloween.  Unfortunately, I didn't think about this and didn't give Evan any clothes underneath his costume to wear.  Thus, we just had to be extra careful.

 From left to right in this picture we have Miles, Evie, Evan, Cameron, Aubrey and Olivia. 

Can you tell that Evan and Evie love cupckaes?!?!

 

Evan had the best time at his Harvest Party.  It was an awesome start to some fantastic Halloween  fun.  Thanks so much Mrs. Netty and all the parent helpers! :)

Dave's Pumpkin Patch

Our family visited for the first time this year Dave's Pumpkin Farm in West Sacramento on Saturday, October 6.  We found out about the farm from LivingSocial who had a special deal for only $27 that included family admission for four to Dave's Pumpkin Patch (Cornival and Cornmaze, Unlimited Hay Rides, and Two Pony Rides.  We had the best time and went with our good friends the Cunningham family pictured below.

First thing we did at Dave's was experience the new feature at the patch, "The Jumping Pillow."  The kids had the best time; here they are in action below.

After all the jumping fun we next headed over to have the kids all do the pony rides.  Now this was a pretty sweet ride.  They actually walked them in a big circle around the patch.  You can see them headed out on the journey in the below picture.

 

Here are some close up shots of the kids on their horses with the guides..

Here is a final picture of Evan posing on his horse.  We were so proud of both Evan and Evie this was their first time on a pony.   

Next our group explored the Hay Maze.

It wasn't too hard for the adults.  They had a little bit of an advantage being taller than the haystacks.

After it was time to climb the giant Hay Pyramid.

Then it was fun in the Corn Box.

Followed by dress up time at Pumpkin Princess Castle.

The kids all then got to experience story time from the Pumpkin Princess herself.  

 

We also visited the goats and the pig races.  Funny story about the pig races, apparently, they just got the pigs the day before we visited the pumpkin patch and they were still in training.  The trainer explained that none of them really understood the concept of the race yet and that Oreo's are very good, and that they would be rewarded a special cookie if they were first in the race.  

Can't forget to post an adorable picture of our littlest pumpkin Elaine who was having a jolly time that day too.

We concluded the day with some lunch from Dave's Snack Shack and then the kids did a final climb on one more Hay Pyramid, this was slightly smaller.

 

We took a Hay Ride around the Patch.

 

Then last but certainly not least we headed into the pumpkin patch to find our pumpkins.  Dave's provided us the with the wagons below.  The kids were loving them.

Evan loved searching for pumpkins.

 He found a pumpkin for everyone in the family, with Evie's help of course.

 

We had two very tired kiddos at the end of the day.  Just look at them in the wagon below with the pumpkins.  Both are in a pumpkin like trance.

It was a fun day for everyone.  Thanks Dave and LivingSocial!