Friday night was our first ever Harvest Festival at Harrison's school! I attended many of these (too many?) at Corrales Elem when I was a nanny, taking my charges, doing cake walks, anxiously wanting to go back and be "off duty" for the night. I grew to dread these each year! I have to admit though, as a parent, the event was different. It was one of the two nights a year that Tom has to work until about midnight, doing inventory, so I took the kids by myself. They had fun 'games' at different parts of the campus, pizza, cotton candy, face painting (stitches, scars, black eyes, gauze bandage etc at the Hawk Hospital) The kids all had a good time! I expected to get there and be done in about an hour, but over 2 hours later, I was having to bribe the kids to leave peacefully!
Pirate Harrison, Fireman Nick and Dr Abby (Millie wouldn't join the picture)
Bumble Bee Millie finally joined in the on picture taking!
Harrison doing the ring toss
Spooky story time in the newly remodeled library.
Mrs Estala (Harrison's teacher) doing the Haunted HulaYesterday we decided to have a family day and go to the pumpkin patch. Typically this means our annual trek over the river and through the woods, to the east mountains to McCalls. However, this year a little birdy told me about a great one in Albuquerque that has fun things for the kids and all of the money benefits a great cause! So, my arm was twisted.
We took the kids to the Galluping Grace Pumpkin Patch,(http://www.gallopinggraceyouthranch.blogspot.com/) located in Albuquerque. The kids all had so much fun and it only took about 20 minutes to get there, instead of the 1 1/2 hour minimum to get to Moriarty to go to McCalls. Millie and Nick loved the corn box, Harrison had fun in the hay bale maze, Abby has been asking for months now about when she will get to ride a horse, so that need was also met! The people were all so great and Tom's favorite part, all you pay for is the price of the pumpkin! When it was all said and done, a trip to Sweet Tomatoes was required :)
I tried to get a picture of all four kids, but Nick was having a moment, so 3/4 of the kids isn't bad, right?
Must be the Cornhusker in the genes, all of the kids loved the corn pit!
Cowboy Harrison roped this cow so well it's head fell off!
Abby riding the horse, she LOVED it!
Nick riding Blacky
Yes Millie, you can even nurse at the pumpkin patch!
Millie was too little to ride the horses, but she did great riding the steer
2 comments:
Hi there. Thanks for visiting the patch and your kind words about it!! I just clicked on your blog from Cari's having no idea who you were. I immediately recognized your children's shirts as I scrolled down the page. Cute family! We really appreciate your business.
I'm sure Black loved your Nick as well!
Cari must have been the little birdie, huh?
Cari was the little birdie! She mentioned it last year but we already had pumpkins. Then I read on her blog this year about the field trip the a place that shall remain nameless, and your comment back reminded me about you! So, we decided to check you out!
For the sake of the scrapbook, what was the other horses name?
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