Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went to the Pumpkin Patch in Bismarck and had a great day. The weather was perfect; not windy and high 60's. My friend Kelly and her two boys met us there, as did my cousins Kira and Allison. Gramma Shelly played hooky from work and went up with us. We spent the night at her house the evening before to get a jump start on the day and I am pleased to say Cooper did very well on his first overnight trip. He crashed at 10:30 and slept until 4am. He was also a good traveler and shopper; so overall a very good baby yesterday. He didn't sleep much when we weren't in the vehicle for fear he would miss something though. Paige is a seasoned shopper but got pretty tuckered out late in the afternoon. So did Mom!

We had a really good time, and thanks for Allison and Kelly for taking some pictures for me after my camera died. Allison took the good one of Paige and Kelly the great one of Cooper--thanks ladies. Miss Paige is starting to get uncooperative when she sees a camera; so the fact we got anything with a smile was a bonus.

Also, Cooper was weighed on the 12th for this 6 week mark and was 12 pounds even. That is with clothes on, so he's technically a few ounces under that; but I am sure it won't take more than a few days for that margin to disappear.

Pumpkin Patch

We had a fun filled Sunday in Bismarck including a stay at a hotel, swimming in its pool, a trip to the pumpkin patch, and a shopping excursion. Cowboy gets one free day and we take advantage of it. We got to Bismarck late on Sat. night, and someone was up and at 'em ready to go to the pool on Sunday morning right after breakfast. She only went down the water slide 2 or 3 times, but loved the adjacent pool that went from 8inches to 3 feet. It was perfect for her, and the water was abnormally warm. It was like bathwater. We had a lovely morning swimming.

Cowby and Paige on the slide.

This was our first trip to Papa's Pumpkin Patch in Bismarck and we will be going again if we are there at the right time. We were there for only an hour, but in the 40 mph wind today, that was suffice. There were great wooden things for kids to climb on, such as this combine. Cowboy and Paige loved it.


Lots of photos--including a lot that looked like this one--not the perfect shot!

Cowboy was creative with picture of a bale tunnel that a slide goes down. However, Paige didn't actually go down the slide--too high.

The pumpkin patch chair that everyone gets their picture taken on--we aren't one to argue with tradition.

We had a lovely time there; got to see the pumpkin catapult almost take out the channel 5 news crew, Paige got to pet some animals, and I resisted the urge to buy 10,000 pumpkins! Plus, we got winter gear for Miss P ranging from a new coat to boots so she'll be ready for winter. This is the first year I am prepared, so I am sure it won't even snow now.