"Poopkins" and Pony Rides

We took Kalaya to Pritchard Farms and the pumpkin patch this past weekend. We had planned on going to Pettit Creek Farms in Cartersville. But since gas costs me Kalaya's freshman year in college each time I fill up- we decided to stick closer to home. I didn't even realize there was a pumpkin patch so close to my house. Pritchard Farms is literally 6 miles from my house! With Kalaya being so little- we figured this could be our bye year and we could get away with going to this one.

The farm was back in the country of Aragon, GA. It was such an adorable little farm- reminded us alot of being at Nana's house. In fact, Kalaya kept walking around saying that we were at Nana's house.

They had quite a few things for her to do there. First, she went to see the petting zoo.

She got to feed the goats and the chickens. They were all babies and looooooved following Kalaya around ( she had the food you see).

After that, of course, was the pony ride. At first she didn't want to get on the pony. You would think that maybe it was because she was scared right? Think again, it was because she didn't want to ride the 2yr old sized pony- she wanted to ride the adult pony! We finally convinced her that her pony was just right for her and she sat down and held on.

Needless to say, it was a huge success! She loved riding " her pony" and talked about it all weekend long.

She also got to paint pumpkins, ride swings, and take a hay ride.

It was a great day and she had a blast.
Last night, we decided to carve our pumpkin. Daddy said this would be his job and immediately took over. Kalaya wanted a Mickey Mouse pumpkin so he had alot to deliver this year.

We were hoping that this year she would actually stick her hands inside of the pumpkin and get nice and dirty. Last year, she wouldn't have anything to do with it. So, holding our breathe, we took the top off of the pumpkin and told her to look in and see what she could see.

At this moment- she leaned over- looked in- and promptly informed us " It's poop". You should feel sorry for us, we bought a pumpkin full of poop. Do you think Wal-mart will do an exchange if we explain that to them?

We explained it was "pumpkin guts" and she soon got all into it.

Of course, that's not to say she didn't let us know what she thought about the whole process:

In the end though, we had a masterpiece.

You have to admit- Daddy's got skills.

Now only 3 more to carve- think we can do Minnie and Pluto too?