Parties & Pirates & Pyros, oh my!

Saturday we went to a harvest festival at the Port Orchard Nursery. There were carnival type games, pumpkin carving, face painting, the whole nine yards. Lucas cleaned up in the treats and prizes department. He was dressed as a pirate because afterward we headed to Trevor's pirate themed birthday party.

Arrrr...stay outta me way, matey!

Cake walk!

Look what I won!

Lucas wasn't too happy to be near this guy...but anything to get more candy.

Trevor's party ...

The weekend before was Lilly's birthday party...can't believe they're all turning 3!

I found this while Lucas and I were playing outside last week.

When Randy got home, he took care of it.

His way of getting rid of the nest.

Admiring his handy work.

The carnage.

Have a happy Halloween week!

Drummer Hoff

Pumpkin Patch

We went to Creek House Farm this weekend to find our pumpkins for Halloween. It is a local, organic, heirloom pumpkin patch right here in beautiful Port Orchard. The farm was quiet and peaceful. The kids ran around and played while we sat in a porch swing and watched the sun set. It was a lovely evening.

It was a hard year for pumpkins here in the Pacific Northwest. It was a cold and rainy summer - so many pumpkins did not survive or did not ripen and mature.

Searching the patch.

Heading to feed the goats.

Waiting for apples, yum!

The hay stack playground.

"peek a boo" kitty

Mommy and me

petting the baby bunnies

At home with our pumpkins! I plan on making pies with the sugar pie pumpkins - stay tuned.

Our weekend

Our weekend was very busy...and a lot of fun - I coordinated the volunteer staff for the Third Annual Fall Fair, which is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Kitsap Community Food Co-op. It was a huge success. The day was beautiful, everyone showed up for their shifts (over 35 volunteers), we boosted our membership (by 31), Lucas had a great time, and I won a thousand dollar gift certificate from a local tree trimming company in the raffle - Happy Birthday to me!

Lucas found a pumpkin!

He got to ride a pony - twice!

Eating a hot dog.

Feeding the llama.

On Sunday, it was Family Day at Camp Seymour, which is a YMCA camp just south of us on Key Peninsula. It reminded me of my childhood when every summer we would spend a week at Lake Sequoia - we will definitely be back to enjoy more of what Camp Seymour has to offer.

On the climbing wall

Taking aim

Canoeing

Touch tank

The day ended with a big lasagna meal in the dining hall, with a cup of hot chocolate near the roaring fire and a slide show about summer camp. It was a great weekend.