FALL IS HERE!!!

One of R's first attempts at picking up the "ball"

T being a great big sister and helping R...

A says "This is the one!"

The finished product of an afternoon of fun!

One more for the photo album!! Sable is usually in the picture, but as you can see, she wasn't in the mood for pictures this day!

Fall has definitely arrived here in Arkansas! We went for our annual trip to the pumpkin patch last weekend and the kids each picked out a pumpkin. We dug "Johnny" the scarecrow out and put him up with our fall decorations. He has been used for many years, but when I mentioned that we might need to go and get a replacement Johnny, A had a mini-meltdown. At first I was puzzled by her extreme attachment to him, but I got to thinking...Johnny has been with us through 4 states now...he has been the one "constant" in this fall tradition. The flowers change, the pumpkins change, the house they sit in front of changes, but 'Ol Johnny stays the same! So we added a little duck tape and Johnny will hopefully serve us well for a few more years! Baby R enjoyed roaming around the pumpkin patch, but he met his match when he tried to pick up the pumpkins! He couldn't figure out why he couldn't pick up those "balls"...he picks up the big orange (basket)ball at home all the time! The girls were very sweet helping him get through the rougher ground out there...he had to hold someone's hand in order to stay upright! It was a good afternoon, and we came home and got everything set up for our annual picture with the pumpkins. I love these simple little traditions...its fun to see the kids get excited over something as simple as picking out a pumpkin and this year sharing their "pumpkin picking" skills with little R.