Family Dinner Date, Hayride Late, and Pumpkins are Great!

Summer is wonderful and all, but fall in Wisconsin really can be quite fantastic. What is not to love about mild, sunny days, cool and cozy nights, and enough harvest activities and food to meet the entire family's needs. All of the fall fun means that the weeks have been zooming by, and it looks like any of the house projects that we said we might do this fall will have to move to the winter list (from whence they will then move to the spring list...then the summer list...then back to the fall list in what seems like no time at all!). How nice to always have something to look forward to, and in the present to enjoy these family outings!

For the first time, we joined a group of friends to go on an evening hayride in a local park. The Parks department takes care of everything from the tractor and hay trailer to the bonfire and s'mores at the end of the ride. The park was along the lake, which makes this bonfire beat out any others we've had when it comes to the view. The kids enjoyed the ride, as well as going out to dinner beforehand, and definitely loved the s'mores.

Mmmm...pizza

Big girl enjoying pizza, too

Ready to ride

It gets dark early now!

The boys having fun

Our littlest pumpkin on the hay

We returned to the same pumpkin farm as last year to fill our wagon with carving pumpkins and porch-decorating pumpkins. Eli was very serious about the pumpkin hunt, searching for a specific color and and pumpkin that he could lift by himself. 

Heading out into the field

Snuggle pumpkin

Inspecting the options

Happy hunters

Filling up the wagon...looks like everyone will have to walk back to the car

Little lady does her inspection

Lots of squinting in an attempted family picture

I see a pumpkin over there!