Last year, my friends, Kim and Kristi made the most amazing caramel apples I have ever eaten...for reals. It may have been magnified by the fact that our little mini caramel apples that we tried with the kids really didn't turn out, but Kim and Kristi's were sooo good! Anyways, I begged, whined and pleaded to be included in the caramel apple making tradition this year. Kim came over this morning, and while Hudson and Max (didn't) play(ed), Kim taught me the master craft of making the Apple Pie A'La Mode Caramel Apples. Then we tried food coloring and some candy corn, which turned out cute, too....
really, real people made this...oh my yum.
really, real people made this...oh my yum.
Then at noon, we joined Melody at Tanaka farms, to do pumpkin patch number 3...but this one was the best one because we got to go on a tractor ride. Here are Hudson, Max and Corban being pulled by the tractor. 
We rode the tractor to the petting zoo, and had a little while to ourselves in the pen before a battery of preschoolers came in. There were cute baby goats, huge sheep and even, our favorite, Llamas! Max got butted by a goat...got knocked on his teakettle pretty good but it was sort of funny to watch...sorry, bud! (he didn't really get hurt, it just scared him...the goat was going after a different goat, Max just happened to be too close).
this is the hiccuping or sneezing goat...Hudson thought he was hilarious.
this is the hiccuping or sneezing goat...Hudson thought he was hilarious.
This is the best picture we could get of the three of us...ha!
Mel and Corban
Mel and Corban
Dirty-faced little boy that I just want to smoooch!
After the petting zoo, we rode the tractor around a little bit more, explored the pumpkins that were pretty picked over by now, and then went and played in this awesome little hay arrangement...sort of maze-ish. This is Kim and Hudson.
After the petting zoo, we rode the tractor around a little bit more, explored the pumpkins that were pretty picked over by now, and then went and played in this awesome little hay arrangement...sort of maze-ish. This is Kim and Hudson.
The boys LOVED playing on the hay, and got so worn out running around and on top of it. 
We came home, had a little quiet time, ran to Sam's Club for some bulk oatmeal and then came home and had a dance party/wrestling match while we waited for Daddy to come home.
We came home, had a little quiet time, ran to Sam's Club for some bulk oatmeal and then came home and had a dance party/wrestling match while we waited for Daddy to come home. 
Ivy won the wrestling match.
and that was today.
4 comments:
I love the wrestling match with Ivy and Max. Ivy's eyes are so pretty. Thanks for going with us to the farm, we had so much fun with you guys!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog! The last picture of Ives winning the wrestling match was priceless. You're blog always makes me smile, what a nice addition to my day. Please keep it up(0:
i want to eat one of those caramel apples through the computer screen!! those are some of my most favorite treats ever!!
p.s. do you want to have our 2nd annual dinner in a pumpkin at our place on sunday Nov 8th?
The pumpkin has been bought! I'll put it on my calendar...can't wait!
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