Pumpkin Patch 2011 - Warbington Farms

 Last year, we started a family tradition of going to Burt's Pumpkin Patch about 45 minutes north of where we live... well the few weekends we had our Burt's trip scheduled, something else came up at the last minute.  So I knew we were cutting it down to the wire so when I got a Groupon offer for $10 for a pumpkin patch visit only 15 minutes from home, I knew that was our best bet at getting a pumpkin patch visit in before this baby comes!  For $10, Parker got two cups of food to feed the animals in the petting zoo, a pumpkin to take home, a hay ride where he got to feed cows, unlimited rides down a blow up slide (which I knew he wouldn't go near - or so I thought), AND a pony ride (which was worth the $10 itself for sure!).  We had plans to go after church last Sunday but I woke up feeling REALLY dizzy and just not so hot, so we stayed home all day until after the Falcons game and we decided to go ahead and head up there - even though I still wasn't quite 100%.  As soon as we got there, Parker and daddy went on the hay ride and got to feed cows!  (Yes - I put my husband and son in matching shirts - SO cute!)  The kid beside him doesn't look too happy, huh?

 I sat down on a hay bale while they were on the hay ride and about 10 of these crazy looking things came up to me!

 Feeding the "doats"

 BUNNIES!

 His bravery from the day before increased tenfold!  He was really scared of holding any animals at KK's party the day before but for some reason he was ALL about holding animals the next day!

 Well - as we were leaving the petting zoo area, we figured we'd skip the slide since we knew there was NO way he'd go on it anyway - so we started towards the pony rides and WOULDN'T you know the crazy kid took off in the opposite direction - STRAIGHT for the slide!  We were SHOCKED.  He ran all the way up to the slide, threw off his shoes and started up the REALLY high ladder to go the top of the slide.  I KNEW that when he got to the top, he'd get scared, start crying and want back down immediately.  Well - I was wrong again.  He slid down the slide then JUMPED into the foam pit at the bottom!  THEN - he said, UH-DIN MOMMY!  (Again mommy!)

 Up the ladder!

 And DOWN into the foam pit!

 And up again!

 It was SO high!  I couldn't believe he did it!

 Coming down the slide.

 And into the foam pit one last time!

 We were so proud of our brave little bugger!  I had tears in my eyes because I know this is just one time of MANY that I will realize he's growing up!

 Then it was pony ride time!  It was 10 minutes til closing and as we were walking up to the pony ride area, we realized they had already put all the ponies AWAY for the night!  Um - this was NOT acceptable.  We had already paid for our ride and we were going to get one... they ended up bringing out one pony, saddling him up and letting Park have a quick turn.  I mean - we had been talking about this pony ride ALLLLLL day and had even used it as a bribe tool to get him to behave throughout the day!

 THEN it was time to go pick out our pumpkins!

 Park was such a big help!

 When we got home, he couldn't wait to pick out the perfect spot to put our pumpkins!

 This one is 'his' pumpkin.

 Ugh - I hate this picture because I look horrible and huge - but I am huge - and Park looks adorable -  so I guess it's here to stay. 

Happy 3rd birthday KK!

We celebrated KK's birthday for about 4 days last week!  I can't believe she's already 3 - totally freaks me out!  I really can't believe that Parker will be there in 6 months... Yikes!

We started off the celebration by going out to eat on KK's actual birthday.  It worked out GREAT because Chris was out of town and I needed a good meal (that sweet Uncle Doug paid for!) and I definitely wasn't cooking.  Here are Park and KK at Red Robin - K's choice of venue because you get a balloon before you leave of course! :)

KK got to open a few presents and she so nicely let Parker help!

All sorts of fun play food from the toy makers "Melissa and Doug"- she also got the game Chutes and Ladders! 

THEN - on Friday night - all the family was on their way into town so we all met at Cinco - a family favorite - for a fun pre-birthday dinner!  We had to wait on the Cettis and Nana and Hoppy to arrive so we took some pictures next to Cinco's fun fall decorations outside with our (my sister's and my) kiddos.  Garrett - 2 months old, KK 3 and Parker 2 1/2 years.

We tried to get pictures of each side of the booth - this is as far as we got.

THEN - bright and early Saturday morning, we headed to Farmer Sue's Art Barn in Canton, GA!  LET ME TELL YOU - this was such a fabulous venue for a birthday party.  Anyone interested in having an awesome party - please look up her information.  This lady is amazing!  And the kids had such a fun time.  Here are all the kids gathered around at the beginning of the party waiting to hear all the rules on the farm!

We got to go around and pet ALL the animals!

P's fave was the pony - duh!

And all the kids got to go get some hay and pick their animal to feed!

Parker was DEATHLY afraid of the chick!

Kk was not.

Nor Miller.

THEN - it was time for PONY RIDES!  This was - by far - the highlight of Park's day!

Whit made cake pops for the party!  How awesome do these look?!  She did a fabulous job!

Then all the kids got to paint a farm picture with paint and paint brushes!  Farmer Sue helped them out with all their shapes!  Then after art time was CAKE POP TIME!

After we all chowed down on cake pops, it was hay ride time!  I decided to stay off because I knew if I sat on a bumpy hay ride for 10 minutes, I'd probably pee all over myself (one of the awesome side effects of this pregnancy), but Park and daddy had a great time!  Kayley even got to get off the hay ride half way through and ride the tractor with Farmer Sue!  To the left of Parker is his oldest cousin, Jac!

He's all ready for the hay ride - with cake pop all over his face of course!

He got to pretend ride the tractor after the hay ride was over - it was hard to get him off this thing!

I am huge.

This old truck looked SO much like the one I painted and modeled P's big boy room after so I had to take a picture with him next to the truck! 

He had such a great time at the party!

The next morning, Park and Miller woke up bright and early for homemade waffles and I managed to get this sweet little picture of them :)  I had to make this picture black and white because Parker was in KK's pajamas - of course bright, hot pink and white and purple PJs!  Chris and I had a dinner to go to for his work Saturday night so Park was bathed at Whit's house then brought home to go to bed by Nana and Hoppy - and my punishment for forgetting his PJs for them to change him into was that he got to wear K's most girly ones!  It really doesn't matter - this kid can rock some pink!