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Last week, Adrianna's preschool took a field trip to a local "pumpkin patch," and Abel and I tagged along.  While the "pumpkin patch" was a little disappointing (just pumpkins set up on a church property), there were many pumpkins to be had at good prices.  Abel tried tackling the pumpkins, climbing on them, and attempting to wear me out, while Adrianna dealt with unexplained anxiety about riding the school bus, which turned her into a whining, naggy child.  I guess I would call it a hard morning for a mom. : (I wasn't really a big fan of the alien photo op, but Abel kept posing in it with a huge smile!) After nap time that day, in an attempt to redeem the morning, I let the kids decorate their pumpkins.  Adrianna used paint markers, while Abel used washable paints.  Abel did great painting until he decided he was done, without letting me know that he was done.  I'm afraid to say, I gave him quite an angry reaction when he threw his freshly painted pum...

Last weekend, one of our local elementary schools had its "Fourth Annual Pumpkin Patch." I don't quite see how placing pumpkins across the school lawn counts as a pumpkin patch, but I guess that's something you gotta do to raise money for the PTO. :) Over the years, the PTO has tried to make it more fun, too, by adding face painting, a bounce house, cupcake decorating, etc. And so, here is Adrianna, with her contribution to the local PTO, where the elementary-aged girl manning the both decided Adrianna needed her help to decorate her cupcake.