three little pumpkins

this weekend we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. usually we combine this activity with apple picking, but since we are in new territory, we thought we'd switch it up a bit. in scott's opinion it was the best pumpkin patch he's every been too. for me, the landscape was out of this world. the patch was nestled between mountains and my eyes were delighted by the rolling landscape that california offers. anywho...

we took a spin on the carousel. yes, i do know that d has her sunglasses on upside down and her shoes on the wrong feet! she prefers 'em that way, if you must know the truth. and since i've started sharing random details, i'll continue. e named her pony sparkles. and then changed it to princess. and then back to sparkles. then back to princess. she finally landed on isabella... thank you very much.

e's favorite part was the teeny tiny pumpkins. she asked about 100 questions/minute regarding these teensy little orange gems. momma may have started making up answers to said questions after maybe question 12 because i just flat ran out of knowledge concerning jack be littles.

sweet p posed for her obligatory "baby leaning against pumpkins" photo.

d almost lost her britches in all of the excitement (so to speak).

and after hours and hours (at least it felt like that), e found her perfect pumpkin.

and suddenly, i am coming to realize that with three kiddos, getting the perfect photo is near impossible.

on the way home, my camera ran out of juice. and wouldn't you know it, we saw a rooster walk out in front of our car, goats on a hill, cows, horses and an entire flock (assuming that's the correct term) of real live turkeys. in fact, had daddy not been so alert, we would have had one to bring home... you know, as in a la road kill! yikes.

and after all of THAT... momma and daddy had a little bit of this:

scott discovered this tasty pinot noir in a local wine shop, and well, we felt OBLIGATED to indulge. and so we did. a fun day for one and all!