a field trip to the pumpkin patch

A couple weeks ago Liam had his first field trip at his new preschool! We went to the pumpkin patch! The best part about it was that it was also the day we closed on our new house/ move in day so Nic was able to take his first day off work and come with us!! It was so fun to see Liam interact with his teacher and it made me smile even more to see the friendships he has already made in his class. The moving transition hasn't always been the easiest on him so as a parent, this helped lift some of the weight.

The first thing we did was a hay ride. This was my view ...

Lyla girl snuggled up to her daddy with those chubby cheeks scrunching her lips together ... Nicholas, you are not helping convince me to not have another one! 

Our best family selfie of the day haha ...

The hay ride took us to a patch of small pumpkins where everyone got to choose one to take home. This is usually my favorite spot to take our time and get fun pictures but we didn't have long before the next tractor was pulling up so this was my attempt of a sibling picture. Love that it shows what a sweet big brother Liam is though!

The rest of the morning, she had the best ride in the whole place ...

Although it was mostly just to keep her corralled. If she had it her way, she'd be running everywhere she went. haha Those eyes kill me ...

After the hay ride and pumpkin patch, we walked over to another tractor ride. Each of the kids in Liam's class got to pick an animal car to ride in and then they were pulled around a field. His cute little wave ...

Can you spot Liam in that line up?!

This girl was highly entertained by the baby pumpkins everywhere, she loved them!

That picture on the left totally depicts her personality right now ... any time one of us carries her on our shoulders she thinks it is hilarious to latch onto our hair. haha And the picture of her on the right reminds me of a similar picture of Liam at her age trying to eat a pumpkin. Time can be such a thief. 

They had a fun corn filled "sand box" for the kids to play in. I completely forgot to check pockets before we left and found corn kernels in my car and washing machine for the next week. haha Oops!

This pumpkin patch seriously thought of everything ... they had games and mazes galore, even this giant blow up trampoline! So much fun!

Liam doesn't love crowds of kids on things like this so he just stayed sitting down for most of it and let the other kids bounce him around. haha Reminded me of that crack the egg game I used to play as a kid on the trampoline. 

She is such a wiggly little thing right now and would rather be doing her own thing but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to get a picture with my girl ...

I was so thankful to have Nic along with us. I can't imagine juggling the two of them by myself the whole time and it gave me the perfect opportunity to spend more time with Liam. He rarely wants his picture taken these days so I always feel like I have a handful more of Lyla. Especially when you give her all the snacks. ;)

It felt like her first real trip to the pumpkin patch this year because she was only a few weeks old when we went last year! She was so tiny and slept in the baby carrier the whole time. Not this year! She was pointing at everything and trying to soak it all in ... 

One of the games they had were these giant barrel races. Liam and I totally dominated these two slow pokes. ;)

The pumpkin patch is one of my favorite traditions every fall and it was so fun to be able to do it on a filed trip!