Saturday was just what I needed. I wanted just a nice, fun, family day enjoying the beautiful Fall weather. We had planned on going to an apple orchard, but had learned on Friday that the excessive rain a few weeks ago had made for an early harvest and there were no good trees for picking available. On to Plan B.
We slept in a little and then headed to Chick-fil-a for breakfast. That is always a fun treat, but it's even better when you see the cow dressed up as pirate! From here we stopped by First Methodist's pumpkin patch. It's nothing fancy, but the girls really enjoyed it. We let each of them pick their own small pumpkin. Lily wanted one with "just a small stem."
Mia loved this one.
Debating on which one will make the perfect family pumpkin.
Stopping for a picture with a little scarecrow.
I'm such a sucker for these kinds of pictures! They were looking right into the sun, so it was difficult to get a great picture, but I think it's pretty cute.
After the pumpkin patch, we went over to Parkway Point where we all enjoyed the Hotel Transylvania movie. I have to say, I normally don't like Halloween things, and I certainly didn't want anything scary for the kids; this movie was perfect! It was actually really cute and had a great daddy-daughter storyline to it. After the movie, we grabbed a quick drive-through lunch and then stopped by Michael's to get some pumpkin carving tools.
After nap time, we headed out to the deck to start the fun. The girls decorated their small pumpkins with the stickers from the patch.
Lily showing off her multi-faced creation.
Mia trying to make a face like her middle face on the pumpkin.
Upon looking inside the pumpkin, both girls exclaimed "EWWWW!"
Ryan concentrating.
The final creation. A little kitten on top of a jack-o-lantern. Isn't it cute?!
We rounded out the day with some football and grilled hot dogs for dinner. What a perfect day!
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