Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch on Sunday. Adia was super excited because she got to see everyone AND get a pumpkin. We had a rough time getting out of the house. Adia spent the night with DiDi for the second night in a row. Then she just wanted to play, but we finally convinced her we were going somewhere fun and Colie was coming with us. When we pulled into the farm, Adia said, "A farm? I want pizza first."

Papa was waiting with a giant apple, nearly as big as her head because Adia can't have the apple cider donuts.


I wore Leia and DiDi had Mira. We figured it would be good to have free hands when we went to grab the pumpkins. Adia was being less than cooperative when it came to pictures, but she did enjoy the animals and taking pictures with Papa. She's becoming out budding photographer.








We rode a very full wagon out to the patch. Adia loved watching the horses. Then it was off to find a pumpkin. Adia was determined to find a small enough pumpkin that she could lift. We kept showing her little pumpkins, but none of them were small enough for her. We looked and looked, and she tripped and fell multiple times, and Adia ended up getting 3 little pumpkins. I picked a small pumpkin too and Daddy just carried out pumpkins.








One of the pumpkins that she picked was dirty so she demanded Papa fix it. He scraped off some of the dirt and the thorns on the stem.


Then it was time to wait for the wagon to return. Adia patiently waited on a pumpkin.




Adia sat on Papa's lap on the way back. She watched horses and ate some more of her apple.


I really wanted to get a family picture, but Adia was anything but cooperative.








I gave up on family pics and we decided to grab some produce instead. Adia helped me pick apples. I now have more apples than I think I'll ever be able to use. I've already made 2 apple pies and 2 batches of crockpot applesauce. Apple crisp is next. All gluten free of course. While DiDi and Daddy waited in line to pay for all our apples, I took the twins for some pics.












Heaven forbid I ask her to smile
And if I needed any proof that the twins have been growing much much faster than Adia did, I can just compare pumpkin patch pictures from Adia's first trip. She was wearing the same size onesie but she was 4 months older!


After we finished, we headed for gluten free pizza. Adia was starving. She ate quite a bit of her pizza and then wanted to play. Eck and Daddy played with her in the play area. She's never had anyone to climb in all the tubes and slides with her.




Adia never wanted to go home, but she gave herself a nosebleed.

I made apple pie the last two nights and today we made gingerbread cookies. She's been asking for them for weeks now. She wanted to try each ingredient as it went in, telling me they all were nasty. When she had the final batter she exclaimed, "Wow mommy, it's actually good!" She liked the cookies too.




She went to bed easily tonight. Daddy and I played with the twins and Leia was soon tired. Mira's still awake and DiDi's trying to get her to sleep. Once Mira's asleep, she's usually good for the night, but it's so hard to get her to sleep.