We have had some beautiful weather and we took advantage of it this past weekend. Sunday we went to the Old Baker Farm to pick out our pumpkins to carve. Little did we know that they were having their annual Cotton Picking Festival Sunday. So cool! They had a civil war reenactment going on. The "soldiers" had been camped out there all weekend.
Jack and Mason with some soldiers
The soldier camp - how neat is that ?!?!?
Hiking through the woods from the Indian Village to the Soldier's camp.
They shot this cannon off while we were there. We could hear it on the other side of the farm.
In addition to the civil war reenactment, they had cowboy shoot outs going on and an Indian Village set up. I did not get any pictures of those two things though.
We went through the corn maze and did not get lost (we did have to take an emergency exit...). And then we headed out to the pumpkin patch.
The pumpkins all had some green on them. There were very few pumpkins that were all orange. Did not matter to us, we got some huge pumpkins for us to carve!
Then after we picked out our pumpkins, we hit the hay stack. This is a huge stack of hay bales piled on top of one another to form a big hill. The kids climb to the top (be still my heart!) and slide down the side. It is a ton of fun for the kids and terrifying for the parents! Here Jack is on his way down.
Oh, and let's not forget the barn with chickens, turkeys, baby calves, ducks, pigs, etc. These two turkeys, I think, were about to fight. They had their feathers all poofed out and were growling at each other. I think they were fighting over a girl turkey that was in the cage with them. They looked really neat...what turkeys are supposed to look like.
And here we are checking out the chickens. Man would I LOVE to have a chicken coup in my back yard. Fresh organic eggs AND chicken! Could we throw in a cow too for our milk please? Is that allowed in the city limits of Helena??? Ha!
All in all, we had a great time! It was a beautiful day and we got a months worth of kettle corn for the boys school snacks to boot! A successful day. We did have to hurry home to get Jack ready for his baseball game and Mason to his football practice. Both at 4:00, of course! (and different fields).
Speaking of baseball, Jack has really been doing well this season! I am very proud of him. He is really focused and seems to really be getting the hang of things. But it is no wonder seeing as he has been at a ball field watching his brother since he was in a stroller. Dan has been helping coach and was the pitcher. High pressure job! ☺ The pitcher could make or break a game. Dan did exceedingly well, thankfully!
Jack in the dug out with his buddies.
Notice Jack wearing Mason's allstar helmet. I wonder if Mason will get it back. ☺ Their team name is the Hooks. Or should I say "was". Their last game was last night. AND Mason's last football game is tonight!!!! I could not be more happy!! These last few months have really been a challenge with Football practice/games just about every day of the week and then throw in Jack's games and practice and the fact that Dan does not get home until 6:30 every night. Makes for a VERY busy/chaotic house!! Dan and I have spent the last three months flying from one field to another (across Helena of course) watching games and delivering kids to practice.
But enough about that...onto some more baseball pictures of my baby.
This is becoming an annual picture for this little boy.
Jack, #4, up to bat!
LOVE this picture!! Dan and Jack striking the "baseball ready" pose!
Jack on first base.
Now we get to look forward to end of season parties for both Baseball and Football. We will have about a 2 week break and then onto basketball for them both! They will both be playing upward basketball which means very low commitment. One night of practice and games for both will be on Saturday. I can handle this!
I have not been able to upload Mason's football pictures, but as soon as I get Dan to fix either the camera or the computer, I will get them on here. Mason LOVED football and did really well for his first year of tackle football.
