Pumpkin Patch Play Date

Happy Harvest time everyone...last week the kids in Portland Public Schools didn't have school. So for Robert and Martay's adoption day birthday we went to the pumpkin patch and walked the gigantic Portland Trail Blazer maze. They did this in honor of the team being here for 40years. It was alot of fun, and boy did we ever get lost. You take clue card and at each number you get to, you have to read a clue...sounds easy right. WRONG - you then turn and twist and take rights and lefts and often times end up at the same number or at a number way off the sequence. It was fun, at least Stacey and I thought so after an hour....the kids I think thought it was getting old and wanted the pleasure and satisfaction of just completing the maze.

This is all of us when we finally reached the half way point in the center of the maze.
The kids did it...they made it to the finish line. Just up those stairs and over a bridge was the end. Being on top of the bridge was really cool, because we got to see the whole field and pumpkin patch around us.


At the end was a huge tent with pumpkin carving inside and painted posters to poke your head through. The kids loved seeing all the different carvings of pumpkins....especially the batman pumpkin.

Here is my handsome sun flower....doesn't he just make you smile and happy!

We then headed over to the hay pyramid where the kids climbed and climbed. Kolbie however, began to not care about her hay pyramid, she just wanted to eat ritz crackers.

Kai on the other hand wanted to be king of the pyramid all day...he climbed and jumped off over and over. If you're wondering, yes he still has the huge cast on his arm and the climbing and jumping did make me nervous, but he was careful and had alot of fun.

He is getting so big now, and really doing well being limited on his activities right now. He was really glad to get outdoors and run around.

We then headed over to the pumpkin patch and picked our pumpkins. The kids always have to pick a pumpkin they can lift and carry, so this year was got 5 litte pumpkins because Kai could only carry his with his one good arm. This weekend we are going to be opening them, digging out the seeds and baking them. This is a traditional treat the kids look forward to and oh so healthy.

You can't help but agree with the sign. I did get two perfect pumpkins. :) To end up our pumpkin patch adventure we went and saw all the barn animals, went shopping in the store and got some delicious kettle corn for the ride home.

A few days later, Kai got his short cast on. This was a great push forward to get him to concentrate on the end. His arm really needed to get out of the other one anyway because it had gotten some good wear to it and was falling apart in places. :) It also was good for his arm to breathe, even if only for the few minutes he had the one off. He is beginning to re-work his arm into moving the right way, since it was stuck in the L shape for 2 1/2 weeks. He has been writing with his left arm and doing amazing. I don't think at this time he has any intention on switching back to his right hand. So, grandpa Greg, Safta, Great grandma, Marty and Scott, you may have our first lefty in a long while joining you.

Kolbie and I got to have a play date with my good friend Becca and her baby girl Aubrey. We had a blast. We pulled tomato plants out, Becca made pesto sauce, we got to go on a nice long walk and most importantly the girls got to go to the park to play.

They both were a bit small for this teeter totter, but they thought it was great.

They also had a ton of fun swinging side by side and kicking away. :)

Becca and Aubrey, October 15, 2009.

Aubrey Joy and Kolbie Taite having a blast sliding together.

Aubrey thought for a short second she might try this head down first, but they quickly decided this would be a bad idea. So she sat up instead and happily went down again to greet me at the bottom.

So this concludes our pumpkin patch play date week, but stay tuned for more. Fall is here and winter is soon to come. Not to mention the annual harvest party/Sahaan's birthday October 31st.

We also would like you to notice our scripture verse at the top of our blog. This will be changing weekly, but our family has taken on a new tradition. We have assigned one scripture a week for our family to memorize together, kids as well. We are having alot of fun putting jingles to our verses, and hopefully soon I can show you video of the kids singing it. It is important to have God's word tucked into our hearts and mind and to experience the full glory of God.

Love you all,

Steph