Saturday we spent some time at Countryside Park for a fest they were having. They were giving away pumpkins that you could paint, there was bingo, some games for the kids, music, dancing, and food. The park was pretty neat too, so Anna got to play there for a while. I painted her pumpkin to look like a vampire, so that was fun. We didn't win any bingo, but we really wanted to that win the $5 McDonald's gift certificate. The other prize was free Burger King fries, so we kept hoping that we wouldn't win on one of those rounds! Ha ha.
Sunday we took a trip to Malta, IL for Anna's first pumpkin patch experience. The weather was pretty cold - in the 40s - so we had to use Anna's new Winter coat, which is way too big for her right now. She's really not going to like Winter much, since she won't have easy access to her thumbs. The orchard was pretty neat; it had a country store with all sorts of yummy treats (including some fantastic hot apple cider), so we looked around there first. We got some cherry salsa, which it turns out is AMAZING! Then we walked out to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. It was way too easy, as there were tons of gorgeous pumpkins. We got a big one for Tim, a medium one for me, and a little one for Anna. Then Anna took a nap while Tim and I went apple picking, but for some reason a lot of the varieties didn't have any apples on the tree. We still got plenty, but they were varieties that I don't really know, so hopefully they will taste good! The last thing we did was ride on the apple train, which wasn't actually a train at all (you'll have to see in the picture). It was lots of fun though, and Anna was laughing the entire ride! That was a great end to our lovely trip. I was glad that Grammie and Auntie Loonie got to come along with us too, and they kept Anna entertained on the car ride, which is always nice!
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