Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch today. The kidlets had a lot of fun. Penelope was scared of the scarecrow though.

Isaac and Tallulah asked to make pumpkin pie, pumpkin brownies, pumpkin french fries, pumpkin cake and pumpkin eggs.

There were a couple of school groups there - kindergarten and first graders. And there was a little boy that looked exactly like Tallulah. Totally identical except they were wearing different clothes. It was wild. He was with his dad and the dad was staring at Tallou and I was staring at his son, but neither of us said anything. I really wanted to get a picture of the little boy and Tallou but thought that would be too weird to ask.

Our song (to the tune of Down on Grandpa's Farm)

We're on our way, we're on our way;
On our way to the Pumpkin Patch.
We're on our way, we're on our way;
On our way to the Pumpkin Patch.

At the Pumpkin Patch we will pick some pumpkins,
At the Pumpkin Patch we will pick some pumpkins
The pumpkins they go a lot like this (high pitched scream from the kids). . .

Tallulah added her own special verse -
At the Pumpkin Patch we will smash some pumpkins
At the Pumpkin Patch we will push some people
The pumpkin people go a lot like this - waaaaaahhhhhh.

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The Baldwin Project

This looks interesting.

The Search For a Good Child was linked on an e-mail group I was on. It's about Knights. Well, the search for one.

Isaac and Tallulah are very into knights, dragons, swords, slaying, etc right now. We are going to the Renaissance Faire at the end of the month and they are both over the moon. Isaac wants to go in to the dungeon and see the joust. Tallulah wants to be a princess and kill some bad guys with her sword.

Conflicting moment - gentle parenting versus squashing her imaginative play.

meh, babe is up.

Can fish crawl in the rain?

Looking out the back window at the rain:

"Can fish crawl in the rain? You know like they swim in the water that's on the ground."

I love that boy so much.

Good Morrow

The young ones are winning.

Birthday Parties and Pirates

We have two birthday parties this weekend. Both little boys are named Elijah. Yesterday's Elijah had a wicked fun slip n slide and today's Elijah has a Pirate themed party.

Speaking of Pirates this coming up Wednesday is International Talk Like A Pirate day.

Zu den Haien schicken, arrrrgh!

Best Laid Plans. . .

I originally planned on blogging daily. We see how well that worked out. Here is a mini-update on us with some bookmarks.

boychik

• moved up to the big boy gymnastics level (couple months early)
  
• earned his vest and Skipper handbook in AWANA.

fae

• turned 4!!!!
  earned her vest and Cubbie handbook in AWANA.

babe

• growing teeth - which the allspice necklace seems to help tremendously
• cute as a button.

Tropical Storm Humberto is moving in so we should see a bunch of rain, rain, rain in the next couple of days.

Better Late Than Early
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