It’s about that time for our annual Tolmachoff Farms pumpkin patch visit.

This year the set up was much better than the last few years and because we went earlier in the day, it was cooler and less crowded.  Braelyn enjoyed petting the animals and picking out her perfect pumpkin but she did not enjoy the chicken that was following us around the entire time.  It was hiding in the corn by the pumpkin picking area and jumped out right above her which prompted her to run and yell and have uncle Chris pick her up the rest of the visit!!

We also went in the corn maze this year which started off to be quite simple and ended up with us lost and going around in circles for 25 minutes.  It was funny and we ended up escaping by plowing our way through the middle of the corn and then finding the exit path :)  Braelyn was also brave and big enough this year to ride on the ladybug train which was pulled by an ATV down a trail next to the corn maze.  She was proud of herself that she didn’t get scared or dizzy when it went around in circles.

We are excited to be going to Disneyland next week and we will have lots of pictures and information to report about the trick-or-treat party at California Adventure. 

We hope you are all picking your “perfect pumpkin” and celebrating the beginning of the fall, holiday season.

Love to All!!

Happy Cooler (relatively!) Weather Everyone

Temperatures here have finally dropped down below 100 so we feel like “fall” has officially come.  In celebration of this, we decided to get together with our friends, Mia, Esteka and Moises to make some fun pumpkin cupcakes.  The girls had a lot of fun mixing and decorating the cupcakes and the difficulty level was perfect for both of them.  We got the decorating ideas from the book, Hello Cupcake .  Just a word of advice, if you do choose to try this activity, DO NOT USE PILLSBURY WHIPPED FROSTING - it falls right off of the cupcakes and you will have a puddle of orange at the base of your cupcakes!  Anyway, I digress :)  Here are the photos from our fun day yesterday!!

Braelyn has also been really enjoying her dance/gymnastics class that she goes to once a week.  They alternate 1/2 hour of tap and ballet each week and then also do 1/2 hour of gymnastics.  They are practicing a tap routine for a community holiday festival called Glendale Glitters where they will be performing on the big stage in front of a crowd!!  We think that the date is November 27th at 7PM, but are waiting for final confirmation from the dance teacher.  We will keep everyone updated and of course, will be there with the video camera to capture it for those of you that can’t make it.  She wanted to show off her dance costume in these pics and we had been to the zoo to get a HUGE lollipop

Happy beginning of fall to everyone!  We hope your days are filled with cooler temps, falling leaves and pumpkins galore!!

Love,

MLB Mama