Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch

They are being zombies, of course.  And also here's a preview of our play room.  I haven't taken official "after" photos yet, b/c it's still not done.  I am in love with my green floral mid-century modern chair.  John not so much.

And here's your first glimpse of Charlotte's cut.  This is before the glue fell off. 

Jeffrey is teaching Charlotte about his video game, and she's serious about learning.

I liked Charlotte's smile in this one.

And...Arabelle's preschool class had a field trip to the Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch.  I found it a little strange that in no place could one see any pumpkins actually growing in their natural environment--I thought that would have kind of been the point of a pumpkin "ranch".  There were, however, a large selection of pumpkins available as well as other attractions, including a corn maze, a hay maze, "pumpkin painting" (see below), and choosing a pumpkin.  The kids especially seemed to love running through the mazes.  They weren't too long or difficult, but were long enough that the kids thought they were "cool". 

 The kids got to go into this petting zoo with a sheep, a calf, a llama, and lots of goats.    The goats must have been well-fed because they weren't pushy like other goats I've encountered.

Feeling the woolly sheep.

I also liked Charlotte's face in this one.  She thinks what she's doing is so cool.

Arabelle had rapport with this goat.  She said it liked her dress.

This was Charlotte's favorite goat.  She had me take lots of formal pictures with it. Poor Charlotte is stuck with the band-aid head for a while.  I'm refusing to expose it to sunlight as that can cause hyper pigmentation of the scar.

 

Arabelle is a true lover of animals.

Big animals seem to be able to withstand her affection more so than smaller ones like Elsie.

Arabelle refused to wear this dress last Fall.  I'm glad it still fits this year!

Class photo.  That is Arabelle's crush in the blue striped hoodie next to her.

They advertised "pumpkin painting".   Well, this is not exactly what I was expecting.  Oil pastels on a picture of a pumpkin...

another class photo, not sure why the kids refused to look out the windows.

Charlotte had not slept well the night before so I was somewhat dreading bringing her with me, but I was required to bring Arabelle myself, plus I wanted to be there.  Charlotte behaved worse than I expected.  In the little over one hour we were there, there were 3 major fits where I had to carry her away from the group and just let her scream for a while.  In most cases I knew what she wanted, but it was impossible for me to let her have it.  First she didn't want any of the preschoolers to lean against the yellow train car of the train they were supposed to line up and wait next to ("yeyo" being her favorite color).   Another time she threw a fit because she wanted the specific pumpkin that another student had already chosen.  The third fit...your guess is as good as mine.  I managed to get her in the car to go home by letting her have three tiny pumpkins.  It's hard to be two especially when you're one of me and John's kids, evidently.