Freddy Hill Farm

Today we went to Freddy Hill Farm in Lansdale to take a hayride to the pumpkin patch. We've gone a few years in a row and enjoy being able to pick our own pumpkin right from the vine. We also went down the hay slide, made sand art, and ate delicious homemade ice cream. It was a perfect Fall day and we are lucky that we could spend it together like that.

a Fall project that Ella and I made for her window--

leaves in between contact paper


feeling how heavy the pumpkin is


"Is this one a good one?"


"What do you think of this skinny one?"


Ella found a lady bug on the top of this pumpkin and was pointing to it.


Daddy and daughter blazing the pumpkin trail
(Does Rob have a pumpkin head??)


almost found the perfect one


This was the one! (a 14 pounder)


family photo in the pumpkin patch


Mommy-daughter hugs on the hayride


heading down the huge slide


making sand art with Rob


finished key chain


Yum! Dairy ice cream


cutie with ice cream face

Thinking

wonder what she's thinking about......

Megaphone?

Ella: "Mommy, is this baby toy a megaphone?....You can use it like this...Dooo, doooo! Caaan yooooou hear me???"



Me: "Um...no. It's a breast pump."

Ella: "Do you use it like this?"

Linvilla Orchards

Yesterday, my friend Cynthia had a day off and we decided to spend the day together with the kids. We chose to head south to a new place for us called Linvilla Orchards. We carpooled together and the kids had so much fun having "backseat buddies." Linvilla Orchards has tons to do---Pumpkinland, pick-your-own selections, a huge wooden playground, petting zoo, lots of food, a farmers' market, and really nice country store. Unfortunately, my camera's battery was low, so I only managed to get a few pictures from Pumpkinland -- guess we'll have to go back another time!

Ella standing in front of the farm animal display

trying to climb up a bin of pumpkins
(Pumpkinland had the biggest selection of pumpkins I've even seen--including neat fairytale pumpkins)


climbing up another bin of pumpkins
(Was her mom trying to stop her?....Nope..
I was taking advantage of the photo op!)


posing


whoa


Pumpkin Queen

Fall Baking

Fall weather (and feeling better) has me in the mood to do lots of cooking and baking lately and Ella is right beside me ready to help. We've made lasagna, chili, baked macaroni and cheese, applesauce, apple crisp, potato-leek soup, and chocolate chip scones, to name a few. Thankfully, Ella has been more willing to try new foods so she discovered that she likes the scones, which we call "triangles." Here are so pictures of her helping me to prepare them (we've made 2 batches already this week because they've been eaten so quickly. She told me on Tuesday, "Come on, Mommy. Let's get out the ingredients to make more chocolate chip triangles! We need flour and sugar and chocolate chips.")

"Look at me in my big apron!"
(We'll have to look for one in her size.)

using the whisk to mix the dry ingredients

patting down the scone mixture

Rob's help with the baking---figuring out how to cut the circle into 12 equal triangles!

being fashionable and cute in her apron

Fall Festival

Last weekend, our friends Cynthia and Dave invited us to go with them to a Fall Festival nearby. It was a perfect day, weather-wise, and we enjoyed the activities and our friends' company.

Rob and Ella painting pumpkins together

(Ella loves painting)


concentrating on painting the entire pumpkin


the apple juicer press


Ella sampling the fresh apple juice--she liked it!


coloring a pumpkin picture


Ella and J working together


Mommy and daughter


Ella's finished picture


a pretty house on the grounds


pretty girl


We made Fall cards and apple crisp for two of our neighbors to enjoy