my pumpkins!!

trying to be daddy!

at the pumpkin patch!

wandering the "maize", as they called it!! nora led the way, and did a great job!

in the corn maze...

a bridge over the corn maze. it was cool to look up and see the whole thing! (google escobar highland farm if you want to see it!)

picking out pumpkins!

he loved rolling the pumpkins. thankfully, we only had to pay for the ones we bought!

she thought she'd picked out the perfect one. daddy had to tell her that it was rotten, and help get another one. thankfully, my kids chose the $3 ones! (our friend chose the $15 one!!)

dayton REALLY wanted to pull, not ride. however, two kids, three pumpkins and the cart are REALLY heavy for a 2 year old!

we convinced him to ride in the other one. so we could go on the tractor pulled cow ride. this is where my camera died. sad! i have to get the rest of the pictures from dayton's mom!

in all, a FUN weekend! ballet first on saturday, which was so great for nora. then, a pumpkin patch. THEN... i LEFT THE ISLAND!! it was fun! i hit up the few stores they don't have on the island (borders- and they didn't have what i wanted... jo-anns, whole foods, trader joes...), but SURPRISINGLY not target! (i ran out of time and had spent too much money...) but, a fun afternoon. oh, and i had to take our books on tape back to cracker barrel. that's what started the whole "get off the island" trip. (it's an $8 round trip until we get our ez pass, so it's an INTENTIONAL trip! with lots of things stored up for that!- also realized that for some things, paying shipping might be cheaper!!)

that being said, there is a TON on the island, and not a ton of reasons to leave on a regular basis, as far as shopping goes.

anyway, saturday night, david and i watched "avatar", which i hadn't seen. we just had a fun night! then, sunday was a new church. we walked in, got the kids settled, then walked into the sanctuary. this old man accosted us and our friends and asked the four of us to be the ushers for the offering. david said we were new, so maybe next week, and the guy wouldn't take no for an answer. our friends also said one of them needed to stay with their 5 week old, and the man was almost offended that they wouldn't do it. he said he would watch the kid! then, someone stepped in and said they could be off the hook. so, david and i were the ushers with another couple.

i don't mean to make it sound horrible, because it wasn't. more funny than anything. a very odd experience for me, because i don't really remember ever going to a church with less than 1000 members. and, when four adults and four kids walk into this church, we stick out as new!!

we really liked it. i am doing a women's Bible study there on thursdays, and we are trying to get more involved. so far, so good! AND... it's right on this pond, so there is a gorgeous view!