The Orchard-A day made for us

     I had it all arranged. Brenna had never been to Butler's Orchard that she could remember and what better way to go than with a group of friends. The soccer game was on Sunday, so our Saturday was actually wide open during the day(a rarity these days). So, we would go on Saturday to the pumpkin patch in the late morning and then go to lunch. And then our soccer game was moved to Saturday morning at 10:30 because Sunday was Halloween and nobody wanted to play on Sunday. So, fine we'll go with the flow and just do the game, lunch, and then the pumpkin patch! It would be fine. And then...the email came that due to expected frost our game was going to be moved to 11:20! What are you kidding me?! My go with the flow attitude flowed away for a few minutes! Alright, fine, we would do later game, later lunch, and later pumpkin patch. It would still work.

     So, Saturday morning was really crisp and beautiful, but a little chilly. We arrived at our game excited to play hard and play furiously and then go to the pumpkin patch. But then we waited...and waited...and waited...for a referee. Darn the luck-we really weren't supposed to go! That's ok, relax, go with the flow was back. It would either happen or not! Our coach stepped in to referee and we were off. After the game we ran home, changed, and met at Noodles for lunch! And then the pumpkin patch. The girls had smiles on their faces the whole time and hardly knew where to go first.

We:
1. played on the slides

2. ran through the corn maze    Quote of the day: "We could get lost in here!"

3. romped in the hay

4. played with the toys

5. picked pumpkins

      For some reason, I can't upload more pictures right now.  But I must continue the story with Arthur.  (The little boy in the picture up above is Arthur)  In the hay barn, there was hay everywhere.  Although it was itchy, it's softness and utility far outweighed its pitfalls.  The girls had so much fun jumping from bale to bale and falling into the piles on the ground.  And because (I'm guessing) there was a huge group of them and they were rather loud, they attracted the attention of Arthur.  Arthur must have been about 3 years old and an only child so far in his life.  He was adorable and he thought our girls were adorable!  At one point, Brenna was up on the bale of hay and Arthur was right next to her looking up at her, watching Brenna as she plans her jump.  She jumped...and then he jumped.  The next time he was ready.   As he was climbing the bale of hay, he was saying, "hey, wait for me.  I coming."  And if you look at the picture below, wait for him they did.  You can see Arthur (maybe more of his hat) jumping beside the girls.  He was over the moon excited.  He was so sad when we finally had to leave there.  It was the cutest thing!

A short video of the girls jumping off of the hay!  So cute.

Katie, Diane, Kristine, Me, and Christy.  We had a great time on the playdate as well.

Finally, the pumpkins.  It was really hard to find just the right one.

Brenna had such a good time. I do hope she remembers this for a long time to come!!  I'm sure the pictures will help with that.  Happy Halloween.