The kids had no school this past Monday, but we did have parent/teacher conferences. My head was barely above water as I tried to just keep up with running our house that I mistakenly thought this was simply a PISD holiday. I had NO idea that it was actually Columbus Day and that no other humans were going to work that day! So we set off for the Arboretum. It's one of my favorite places to visit every October.
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| We got there a little before noon and the kids were quickly in awe of the pumpkin mounds that seemed to be everywhere. Cheese! |
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| "Why am I sitting on this huge pumpkin again, mom?" Because it looks cute, child! |
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| Lila was all about it, though. |
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| As was long-legged Louis! |
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| And Madison found the perfect pumpkin to sit atop of for her picture. |
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| Most of the time this is what the littlest Hays kid thought about taking pictures, but every now and then we snapped a good one. |
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| In her defense, there was a lot going on! Look at all the people! It was so crowded... |
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| but so beautiful, too. Postcard perfect! |
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This was our crew as we made our way to the pumpkin houses. One running, one babysitting close behind, one carrying a pumpkin for the running child and the last one hurdling a cone.
This group cracks me up. |
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| Very soon, the runner was starting to get away. Mah Mah to the rescue! |
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| A few minutes later we made it to Pumpkin Village--just look at the masses. |
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| "There are how many people here, mom? Two million? Oh no!" |
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| Jumping off hay bales is always a hit, especially to this 7 year old... |
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| and 8 year old. |
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| The 5 year old is much more into posing these days:) Sweet child! |
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| By this time it was closing in on 95 degrees and our enthusiasm for things was waning. We noted that it was neat how they built a Sheriff's office out of corn... |
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and admired how much time it must take to build this pumpkin house...but the kids were just dying to get over to the Children's Garden, so we forged ahead.
I was so thankful that sitting inside Cinderella's carriage no longer holds the same allure for the girls. The line was at least 75 people long!
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| Being on this cute little bridge was as close as we got to that action. |
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| On our walk over to the lake, I admired why I love this place so much. It's just gorgeous! |
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| We set up our picnic lunch and enjoyed the view of White Rock Lake as we chowed down. One memorable thing--Lila asked me why I only made her a cheese sandwich. I thought for sure she was mistaken, but no, I really did forget to add the turkey to her sandwich. Oops! She survived and actually ate Cameron's sandwich because all that kid wanted were her Cheetos. She's got good taste at least:) |
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We came in the back way and got to walk inside the grotto near the waterfalls.
Why not do a little whip and nae nae to celebrate? |
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| By this time it was seriously warm outside, so we were seeking water for sure. This little chica loved this kiddie area so much. By the time we left, she was soaking wet. I bet she wasn't hot any more, though! |
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| The kids did a few more of their favorite things, like climb in the gigantic tree house, and then it was time to go home. As we were walking out, Lila said, "I sure regret all this walking, but I'm so glad we came here today because it's really fun." I'd call that a win. Until next time, Arboretum. |
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