Pumpkins 2011

While William's been on fall break, we've been up to lots of things! We went to 2 different pumpkin farms. Walden Farms was a lot of fun. The kids got to ride the train, go through a hay bale maze, feed goats, and we only looked at the pumpkins there. The second patch was only a small one with a smaller variety of pumpkins, but we bought our pumpkins there anyway because we were excited to start the carving!

So, for FHE this past monday, we carved our pumpkins. William wanted to do Luigi and Lily did Princess Peach (which is what they're dressing up as this year!). And they had jello.

The final product was worth all the carving and finger cramps. I carved Linus and the Great Pumpkin and Matthew did the logo for Browning. Did I mention he's really loving guns lately? It was a lot of fun to do this and we love doing it together.

We Spent a Day with Him

 Yep, that's right. After about 3 years of William loving Thomas, we thought it was finally time to take him to meet the guy. Or train, rather.

There were a lot of "stations." William and Lily got tattoos, met Sir Topham Hatt, saw the animals at the petting zoo, watched some of a Thomas movie, they even were able to go color Thomas pages and play with the trains they had set up there. There was also a gift shop, of course. We got William a hat, a train for him and Lily, and a bag that says, "I Spent A Day With Thomas."

We were able to be the first people in line for our car. We were in car #4. 

And, we rode on a train that was pulled by Thomas himself. William and Lily loved it. And it was nice because it was air-conditioned.

After our ride, we were able to go see Thomas and get pictures taken with him.

Lily didn't like doing that too much.

A Day Out with Thomas was a lot of fun. I'm so glad that we were able to do this. William is already talking about going again next year. We'll have to see...