I woke up briefly at 4am to discover, we had no power. Back to bed until the kids woke me up at 7:30 (boo)... and still no power. We ate breakfast. Mama showered & got ready in the dark. And still no power. I called the power company to find out "The good news is- they know what the problem is. The bad news is- its a main underground line that shorted out last night so I can't guess how long repair will take."
So knowing that no power, no cooking ability, & no Elmo would mean no happy mama & tots.... we headed out for an afternoon of fun to VALA'S PUMPKIN PATCH!
I won't lie. I was a little terrified going in. Taking 3 almost 2 year olds all by myself. I must be insane! But we were there for almost 4 hours!! Had one minor melt down. Ate lunch. Played HARD. Came home a filthy mess. And had an absolute blast! There is SOOO much for them to do there. And I know we missed a ton of things. We stayed far away from the train, because I knew I couldn't take all 3 of them on my own & I didn't want to battle those screams & tears. So we missed a whole play area over in that corner. We never made it to the actual "pumpkin patch." But lets face it, thats not where the real fun is anyways. My feet are sore & my fingers nearly blistered from pulling the wagon up & down the hills. (Honestly, I was beat by the time we got up the hill from the parking lot to the gate! One hill in there there was a lady at the top saying "you can do it" over & over for me as I was chugging up the hill, trying to catch my breath, & talking to myself, er.. talking to the kids about how they were getting just a little too heavy!) But it was worth it. They were in awe & loved absolutely every minute. Since I already have one more trip there scheduled for this fall, I bought myself a pass (& kids under 2 are free so we went for pretty cheap!) So besides my one trip planned with GG next week, I only have to go 1 other time before October's end to make up for the $ I spent on the pass. And considering its a 5 minute drive & all the fun we had, I don't think that will be an issue. Anyone up for a playdate at Vala's??
Hayden is such a big boy. Opened the gate himself & took off running to go check out the bunnies! They wore their backpacks all day, just because I wasn't sure how it would go. But they listened so well we really didn't even need them.
More bunnies! Can you see Liv's tongue clicking?? Thats how we say bunny at our house (sounds like Bugs Bunny eating a carrot.)
A wagon with a SLIDE!
"Weeeeee!!" Livi heaven!!
Then we fed the goats! They LOVE goats. They all learned to say "goat" today, clear as day. And Hayden had a 2 word phrase "More Goat!"
Hayden
Hayden
Olivia
Logan
My best attempt at getting them to all sit in the big rocking chair. Never a still moment!
We were playing at another play area. And Hayden apparently decided he was hungry. He went right over & crawled up on the seat of the picnic table with another group of people & asked for a "nack"?! Poor guy was devistated when he found out there was none for him there! So I had to pry Olivia away from the slide AKA "mor wee" (enter our one said small meltdown). So we could go find some lunch. Hayden had 1 1/2 hotdogs & some fries. Logan had a big boat of fries. Olivia had a bite of hot dog, a bite of "bun" (did not know she knew that even was a word), a bite of a chicken strip, a bite of a few fries.... and mama had the rest!
Getting creative with our "table" for lunch!
Livi apparently thought she needed to put her feet up & kick back for a while ;)
We stopped to get some more quarters.... then back to our favorite activity of feeding the goats. We also saw a camel, llamas, a donkey & some type of cow.
We walked through a nursery rhyme village....
And then we found toddler boy heaven!!!
I honestly can not believe I got them out of there without dragging anyone kicking & screaming. The boys had an absolute blast! Vala's could use some newer tractors, like ones with 1/2 of the wheels not broken off. But they didn't care. Livi enjoyed the sand & tractors too, but not like her brothers did. Good thing we got plenty of "weee"s in for her earlier in the day.
Hayden worked so hard to find a tractor & trailer with all their wheels & put it together all on his own. He is such a little perfectionist! And apparently pretty darn smart!
We outlasted several groups of kids here!
A little bit different of a trip than last year...
Just to compare, I tried to get one picture of them by the pumpkins & this is the best I got. I told you they were in awe of everything they saw.
When I pulled out of the parking lot, I turned to ask the kids if they had fun. And the boys were already alseep. Literally - played so hard they were alseep before we left the parking lot! Livi was out half way home, so 2.5 minutes later! I told you we played hard! This is the first time in their entire lives I've been able to carry them sleeping from the car & straight into bed. When we got home our clocks said it was about 1:00- leaving me to assume the power had only kicked back on an hour earlier. Glad we weren't home all that time! (And hope our food is ok to eat??!!) What a fun, fun, fun day!
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