Pumpkin Patch 2012

Over the weekend we went to OUR second annual pumpkin patch :) This year my sister and her family decided they'd like to go with us. It was a bit of a trying day because Maddy would not take a nap. We went out early to do a little shopping. I'm in search of boots and because I don't know much about boots and the do's and don'ts it took a little longer than I anticipated. We also got Maddy's halloween costume and to my surprise she did not pick Minnie Mouse...she chose to be a lady bug. She has a love for ladybugs. I also was searching for her some shoes because she only has one pair right now that she can wear and they are pink and while they go with most of her outfits, there are some outfits they just don't match very well. I knew exactly what I wanted to get her but can you believe that the three stores I went in did not have her size on anything really. She is size 8.5. I've found that after size 6 it's just been so hard finding anything she can wear. I decided to just order them online. I really need them for Friday because they are having their football Friday where they dress up in their favorite teams colors. She has a TN cheerleader outfit and pink definitely will not go lol. Anyways, she fell asleep on the way up to the pumpkin patch, but unfortunately after a few minutes of being asleep we had to slam on our brakes which made her head fall forward and from there on out she was awake. I'm going to let the pictures do the talking, but I will say it really seemed as if everybody had a really good time.

 Getting her to sit still and look at me and smile was just impossible. She would sit and look straight for literally .2 seconds before she was moving around trying to find things to do.

 Last year she wouldn't attempt to "milk" the cow. This year, she was all over it. I think it had something to do with my youngest niece doing it too. Maddy ended up sitting on the ground where all the water was going and had one muddy leg. After that luckily it was time to go in lol

 This is called the corn popper. All the kids had a ball on it! Maddy kept wanting to go back on it. I actually thought it would be loads of fun to do myself, I didn't see any adults on it so I decided to just be a mom and watch  :)

 Maddy could swing on the tire swing this year. Again, not something she could do last year. They didn't go high at all. She didn't like it as much...I think she felt like she was going to fall because she's used to a bucket swing where she can just sit there and enjoy.

 Even Nana joined in on the fun. It was so cute. Maddy "helped" my mom climb up on the bale of hay...she is such a caring little girl.

 Of coarse the corn box. It feels so good in there. It's a great way to relax. One of the moms said she'd like a bed made out of corn..I kinda wouldn't mind trying one of those myself lol.

 I thought this was a neat shot.

 Maddy takes baby everywhere and makes sure she gets to have some fun too. After this picture she did forget about baby...and so did I for that matter. Luckily my mom saw it and put it in her bag for us lol

 On our way to the pumpkin patch

Maddy had a ball looking for her a pumpkin. She originally had a small orange one that was sitting all by itself. For some reason she decided she didn't want it after all and when it was time to find "the one" she ended up with this tiny tiny green one. I liked her first one better because it was orange and bigger, but really in truly this was the perfect size for her. She carried it around and was proud of her pumpkin. My mom is keeping the pumpkins the kids picked out to decorate her front yard with. She sent me a picture and it is so cute. I will have to take a picture myself because the one she has has my nieces in the picture and my sister doesn't want their picture all over the internet :(

It was a fun filled day!