Pumpkin Patch

Thom and Aaron planted heirloom pumpkin seeds this summer and put the seedlings down in the orchard.  In no time at all, we had a large pumpkin patch.  The kids loved to go see their pumpkins.  This weekend, some of the pumpkins were ready to harvest.



On the way to harvest pumpkins



These pumpkins are now sitting outside our front door

The pumpkin patch mid-September

Also mid-September

It was amazing how quickly the little pumpkin seedlings turned into what you see in the last two photos.  This was about 6 pumpkin plants.  Altogether we got 11 mature pumpkins.  We lost one big one and another small one to some kind of fungus, but the rest avoided it.  We'll save some seeds from this year's crop and do it again next year. 

Raise your hand

Kim has been working with Audrey on raising her hand.  It's something that the kids do at some of the preschool groups they go to.  So for example, when they are playing storytime at home, she'll say "Raise your hand if you want Aaron to read another story."  And Audrey will raise her hand.  This is something new just in the last couple of weeks.  Kim worked hard to get her to this point.

Today when they were out, Kim said "Raise your hand if you want a sandwich."  And Audrey raised two hands and said "I raised two hands.  I want two sandwiches!"

Later, when they came home, I was eating chips and 5 layer dip.  Audrey kept asking for a chip and I kept giving little chips to her.  But one time, she came over and said "Raise your hand if you want another chip." And then she raised her hand high and kept telling me that she wanted a chip.  It took me a minute to give her one because I was laughing so hard.