Pumpkin Patch Fun...

Today we took the girls to the pumpkin patch, an adventure we tried to do last weekend and failed but thankfully succeeded in doing today. It was a cold day in Boise, the high was in the low 50's, the winds were blowing but if you planned it right you could find a break in the rain and enjoy the sunshine.

Being out in the country at a farm with the wind blowing can chill you to your bones, but we found relief in the amazing corn maze. Half way through the maze I distracted the kids while Mike hid in the corn and when we walked by he jumped out and scared them. It was hilarious! After that we had both girls take turns jumping out at each other, so hopefully they won't have some weird fear of corn fields.

After the maze, the girls enjoyed a train ride pulled by a big tractor (that Mike thought he should have) and then it was time for our pumpkin hunt. Mike learned early on in our marriage that I love to hunt for the perfect pumpkin and that if given the opportunity I will spend hours searching for the best one.

So here I am in the field with my girls running from pumpkin to pumpkin... if you can just imagine it, the girls are yelling "mommy come look at this one!" and I'm yelling "Mike look at this one, I think I want it - can you come get get?" Then I would see a better one and girls would also see a better one and we keep yelling for each other to come see the pumpkins we found all over again.

But then we found it - a huge ugly pumpkin - I had to have it! Mike thinks it weighs about 50 pounds (good thing we got to get four pumpkins for free with our admission or this would be expensive). So now Mike is pulling the wagon with a 50 pound pumpkin in it through the mud- needless to say his patience was wearing thin. The girls and I then picked out 3 other large pumpkins - more in the 30 pound range- and then we picked out a few little "baby" pumpkins. Each one a little off. One actually looks like an orange beet. You see my idea of a perfect pumpkin varies. I like to find the ugly, odd and funny shaped pumpkins as well as the nice round plump pumpkins - those are the good ones for carving. The others I just use for decorating. We also picked 10 gourds for more decorating reasons. Good grief how many do I actually need?

Anyway, it was "the best day ever" as Caitlin and Mikayla would say. Caitlin had her last soccer game and received another trophy, Mikayla had her dance class and learned some cute new moves, we went to the pumpkin patch and got the best pumpkins in Boise, then we watched BSU beat LA Tech! The best part was that I was with my family enjoying life.

Here's a picture of my little cheerleaders!

Dance Demo,

Saturday Mikayla had her first dance demo. She performed at the Annual Borah High Chili Festival. She was very excited to dance in front of people and thrilled that she had so many of her fans there.

Mikayla and just one other girl only had 3 dance classes prior to the show and they did GREAT! Her dance class is a cross between hip hop and cheer, so she got to use pom poms in the first part of the show. This is a picture of Kaylie on her tummy in very wet grass during the demo. What a trooper!

After the little kids danced the older kids got their turn. Some did a dance demo and then there were 2 cheer teams. Caitlin loved watching the cheer teams perform and wants me to sign her up for it after Christmas.
Mike has a different view on that and just wants to encourage soccer and other sports. I don't mind Caitlin being a cheerleader, but Mike's thoughts are that it's all based on looks. I agree that most cheerleaders are cute but you have to have to have skill as well. Gymnastics is a big part of cheerleading as well as dance.
I would like to hear what you all think about it.