Pumpkin Patch

Now that the weather has finally cooled off and it's starting to feel like Fall, we decided to make our annual trip to the pumpkin patch near our neighborhood. I pulled an "Aunt Christy" and put the girls in coordinated Halloween outfits. I thought they looked adorable, but instantly Sophia pointed out that spiders don't have hair, so it was silly for a spider to wear a hair bow!

Ally wasn't a big fan of the cutouts, but Sophia made a great wicked witch!

Sophia zipped up the huge hay pyramid all by herself. She didn't even look back!

She was really proud of herself, and of course, we were proud too.

We let Sophia lead the way through the hay maze, and she did better than Will and I would have done on our own!

Unfortunately the corn maze got blown down during the big storm we had earlier in the week. We've never been able to make it out without cheating, so we'll be left to wonder if this was the year we would have conquered it!

Before we left, we each picked out a pumpkin. Sophia chose a white pumpkin, and I thought it'd be perfect for her to paint rather than carve. As soon as we got home, she ran for the paints.

And here's the finished product:

It was such a great day spent together as a family that I think we'll have to go at least once more before Halloween.