PumpkinFest 2010

Saturday was our annual trip to the PumpkinFest. We got there early to avoid the crowd and were even the first down the hay slide. (Which was still wet with dew and not very speedy but fun nonetheless.)
















































Next it was onto the corn box (a sandbox only with dried corn kernels instead of sand)

Both boys enjoyed bounding across the hay bales--and I quote--"Just like on Wipeout." I don't recall any hay bales on that show but they had fun anyway!

Here's Andrew "milking" a wooden cow (it was really water but he felt successful!)

Then it was onto my personal favorite--THE HOMEMADE DONUTS!!! Seriously, these things are like little drops of heaven. Served with cold apple cider, it really is perfection. (I'm drooling as I type!) :)

Another in a long line of cute fall photo attempts. This one wasn't bad but the sun was in the wrong place. Still cute, though!

I love this picture--too cute!

A RARE shot of me enjoying the hayride. I could have ridden that thing around all day!

Andrew on the barrel train:

Last stop was the pumpkin patch where the boys got to each pick a pumpkin. Yay PumpkinFest '10!!!

Happy Halloween from the Lents clan!

Ever wonder what the boys and I would look like as dancing monsters? Well click here and then you'll know:

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I know. Funny, right? I can't help myself!

Autumn fun!

We took our annual trip to the apple orchard last weekend. The weather was perfect (it happened to be a Colts game that day, which is why we're all decked out!)

We went a bit later in the year than we usually go so many of the apple tree varieties were done for the year. The one's that were left were mostly at the tops of the trees so Nick had to serve as cherry picker (or apple picker in this instance!)

Here is Andrew trying to carry the FULL bag of apples! He thinks he's very mighty.

The Golden Delicious were right in season and plentiful so the boys were able to pick lots of them.

After all our hard picking we took a rest while taking a ride around the orchard.

Alex was off school on Wednesday (parent-teacher conferences) so we joined my MOPS group for a trip to Stony Creek Farm. We took a great hayride to the pumpkin patch. Don't they look cute!?

Here is one of my famous attempts at a fun fall photo of the boys together. Yeah, not so much.

On the hayride home one of my MOPS friends snapped a rare photo of me with the boys.

Here are they boys on the hay mountain.

Here is our Andrew J. pretending to be a scary pumpkin. He cracks me up!

And Alex was a scarecrow--I think I'll miss him most of all. :)

Purdue Football Game!

This Saturday we made the piligrimage to West Lafayette to see Nick's beloved Boilermakers play some football! Here are the boys heading into the stadium:
















The stadium is full of all sorts of Purdue icons...here's the little train that leads the team onto the field:














...and Purdue Pete (although he kind of looks like he's picking a wedgie in this picture!)















Here's the marching band with The Worlds Largest Drum in the middle (it has an American flag drapped over it).













Then the team came onto the field with much fanfare. The boys really liked this part!

We only made it to the second quarter because the game was pretty dull and the boys got bored but they did get to see the Boilers score a touchdown and have the college football experience. Good times!

First Grade Here Alex Comes!

This morning our Alex headed off to first grade! (His first year going all day) He had some first day jitters but I know he'll do great!