Pumpkin Patch 2011

This weekend, we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch across the street. It was even better than last year, which perhaps explains the 20 percent price increase. Oh well. We got there just as Kim, Bob, Violet and Baby Brenna were pulling up, and you'd have thought CJP and VSL had been parted for decades:

Let us pause to marvel at the cuteness of Brenna:

Fun was had by all, particularly in the ball pit and moonbounce!

Cordelia-bird wanted in, too. Well, mostly.

She did pretty well, though trying to get around can leave a girl pretty exhausted.

Remember this one, from last year?

Here are some other classic moments: monkeys on monkey bars, haystack tunnels (Cordelia was less enthused, though of course she had to follow her brother right on into the dark, not that he looked back), and coolest of all, Cody on a zip line!

Perhaps the sleeper hit, though, was the bean bag toss. We spent probably a full thirty minutes on this--Cody just really enjoyed the whole concept and had fun tossing it.

Then we had a true Montessori moment, where he spent five or six minutes carefully arranging the bean bags in a line, so he could stand behind the line to throw.

Then Cordelia joined the fun. And, of course, Hop.

Happy almost-Halloween, faithful readers!