Pumpkin Patch in Kansas City

Mimi had lots of fun things planned for the boys while we were in town. First stop...Carolyn's Pumpkin Patch! We had so much fun exploring the grounds, riding the train, feeding the animals and running the kids ragged. Natalie & Josh brought their niece, Neeley, along who is a year older than Carter. The two of them had a great time together and the rest of us just tried to keep up!

Trying to get the kids to keep their faces in the pumpkin holes was next to impossible.

Uncle Josh with Davis

Neeley and Carter riding the tire ponies

Aunt Natalie & Davis (trying to eat the straw he found)

Mimi & Davis on the train

Choo-Choo!!

Neeley was winning Carter over with her beautiful voice. She was singing us the songs from "Annie". Carter danced while she sang & then chased her down to give her a snuggle. :-)

Sean teaching Carter how to lasso a bull.

Another try for pumpkin faces...

Lawrence!

I am very sad to say that I think I accidentally lost all my Lawrence photos (except for those that I already posted to Facebook). I tried to update the blog in KC, using Sean's netbook, and it was a disaster. I am going to keep trying... BUMMER!! Here is the post I started:

After driving all night, we rolled into Lawrence to visit Grandad & Grandma Nancy early Tuesday morning. We had a short two-night visit, but we got to take a walk downtown and eat dinner at a favorite local brewpub. On Wednesday, we drove to the Topeka Zoo and had fun seeing the animals up-close and personal. Aside from being in Jayhawk Country, we had a great time (as usual) and enjoyed a relaxed visit with Grandad. We are looking forward to having Dad and Nancy to our house for Thanksgiving in a few weeks!

Pumpkin Patch

The boys and I met our friends at the pumpkin patch last Friday. We had so much fun that we never actually made it out to the fields to pick our pumpkin!

Carter collecting his goods.

Strange chicken

Davis loved the baby pumpkins.

The jumpy elephant (far right) was a big hit & so was the huge slide!

Carter & his friend Caryssa.

Checking out the ducks...

and the goats.

Looks like Fall!

Going down the slide for the 100th time.

Thomas!

We took the boys to Golden to see Thomas the Tank Engine on Saturday afternoon. Carter & Sean went last year and had a blast, so we all decided to go this year!

Carter insisted on wearing one of Davis's wrist rattles as a watch for the car ride. Whatever!

The boys checking out the model trains.

Here comes Thomas!

I have to admit, I was pretty impressed by the life-sized Thomas. We rode in one of the covered train cars and it was packed full of excited kiddos with Thomas hats and tee shirts on. It was fun just watching them! We also enjoyed the petting zoo, train tables and kettle corn...what more could you ask for on a Saturday afternoon?