Gosh, I love fall. I just love the cool air, the smell of the leaves and how pretty everything is. We are very lucky to live in such a beautiful state during this time of the year. I can't imagine living somewhere that doesn't have the seasons like we have!
We've started a small tradition with Mae Mae. Last year was our first trip to the Cottonwood Farms in Boulder: a great pumpkin patch with farm animals, hay rides, child-sized corn mazes and much more. We took her last year with Grandma Lea and Granpy Larry and we were commenting on how much better it will be this year when Maelin has grown up a bit. Click here if you want to see the pictures from last year when we went...it's crazy how big she's gotten!
We were right. We went last weekend when the weather was perfect and about 68 degrees and she had a blast! She got her first-ever ride in a wagon and she was giggling and screaming with laughter throughout the entire ride. Then we were trying to find the "perfect" pumpkin for a Pumpkin Carving Party we were going to this weekend so we were busy running around the fields putting pumpkins in the wagon which Miss Mae Mae promptly took out and threw on the ground and laughed. What a fun game!
We spent about 30 minutes finding our pumpkin then we went and visited the rest of the farm. Maelin got to pet her first sheep and she was a bit nervous at first, but she thought it was pretty cool. She loved standing by the fence where the tractor/hay rides went by and watching the tractor pulling all the people in the hay. The farm dog was even trotting right along beside! She would holler and point and scream and wave to all the people and say "dog" as they'd go by.
She did one cool thing that proves (to me, her proud mommy) how smart she is. One of her favorite books is by Sandra Boynton (great author for little kids) and it's called, "Moo, Baa, Laa, Laa, Laa." It's all about animals: in particular, cows, sheep and pigs. Mae Mae will sometimes ask us to read her this book by name. She'll come up to us and say "Moo!!" Then we'll say "Baa" and she'll finish with "Laa, Laa, Laa." It's pretty cute. Anyway, there was a cow amongst the animals there and it kept mooing at us. A few times, we were standing right next to the cow pen and it said "MOOOOOOOOOOO" and Maelin looked up at me and yelled, "Baa, Laa, Laa, Laa!!" I thought that was precious...she knew the "Moo" was part of her favorite book so she finished it for the cow! :-)
Here are a few pictures of our precious girl enjoying her pumpkin patch time. It was so pretty there...Boulder is right by the mountains (which you can see in some of the pics) and it's only about a 30 minute drive from our new house. We had a great time!
I LOVE this picture of Maelin...I love how happy she looks, I love the fall colors behind her and I love how you can see the mountains in the distance. This is the best shot I've gotten of her in a long time because she never stands still!
Maelin with Grandma Lea and Granpy Larry
Mommy, those sheep say "Baa!!"
Playing in the dirt is so much fun!!
Maelin and Daddy searching for the perfect pumpkin...and enjoying the ride!
Very excited little girl because she just heard the cow go "Moo!"...just like in her book!
Here's a picture of part of the farm with the barn and the mountains. The hayride and the pumpkins and the animals are to your right. It's so pretty there and we can't wait to do it again next year!
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