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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Aldor Acres 2008

Eva had her first official, just-for-fun sleepover at Grandma and Papa's last Friday. She was looking forward to all day long, asking to go over and over again. And, finally, it came time to drop her off, and she kept telling Nich and I to go. I love her independence, although it would be nice to be missed.

The next morning, we all met at the Pumpkin Patch. This is our third year in a row going, it has become a family fall tradition. There's a petting zoo, a hayride, and of course, the picking of the perfect pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. Lots of family fun was had by all...

We have taken a picture of Eva at the "How Tall This Fall" sign every year since Eva was 10 months old. Here's 2006...

2007...

And 2008 (a bit of a close-up, but she was to the middle of the "T" last year, and now she's right above it)...

And Kaity-Kaitlyn's turn...

We sat Eva on a huge-mongous pumpkin for a cute photo, doesn't she look pleased?

She was pretty excited to hold a real baby bunny for the first time. This girl loooves bunnies (she sleeps with Green Bunny, Purple Bunny and White Bunny every night).

Grandma, Papa and the kidlets...

And a family shot..

So much fun! And now that we've done the pumpkin patch, it's time to set out the Christmas decorations, right?

posted by Teresa at 10:24 PM

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6 Comments:

At 6:50 AM, Anonymous

what cute photos! looks like a fun time. and i am so happy about your Christmas decorations comment. i mentioned to your g'ma how excited i was to start getting those out and she looked at me like i was going crazy. at least i am not alone in that excitement! :)
At 10:29 AM, Anonymous

Oh, now you guys HAVE to plan a visit to come see us! Not only do we have Mr TJ bunny living in our house, but there are three more cute bunnies down in the barn.

And I wanted to say that your hair is reall cute.
At 11:30 AM, Kristin

What a fun family tradition!
At 12:51 PM, Jen Wilson

That is SO cool that you guys have gone every year of your kids' lives! Such a neat experience. And NO, you CANNOT put out your Christmas decorations yet!!
At 3:29 PM, Bonnie

Well thanks to you too for YOUR comment :) I've added you as well so I can check in on you guys. Crazy to think that we live so close after all these years, hey!?

Super cute pictures from the pumpkin patch! And I must say, I'm with ya on the Christmas decorations thing. I usually start in November because I can't wait any longer :) My sister and I always used to start listening to Christmas albums on Thanksgiving weekend when we were growing up, though I think that is pushing it a little ;)
At 10:47 PM, Unknown

love the every year pick!!! that looks like so much fun -- my roommates and I were planning on going to a pumpkin patch this year -- but midterms have gotten in the way -booo!! I vote yes for the christmas decorations ... well starting the first of november I guess =)