The Great Pumpkin

Let me start off by saying, this was the busiest Saturday EVER! Saturday morning, we started our day at the bakery, of course. From there, we headed home to wait for Mimi, Uncle Steve and Kenzie. When Uncle Steve and Kenzie got there, Harper yelled 'KENZIE!' and ran straight for the door. He was SO excited! They played in the backyard for a while, then we headed to the pumpkin patch.

The kids ate in the car on the way there. They were so busy and it felt like the day was going so fast. I didn't want to spend 30 minutes sitting down, trying to get them to eat. Cram as much fun in as possible, that's what I say.
















We took a pic of them before they could get into too much mischief. You can tell they look thrilled. Harper didn't want to ride the ponies, or do the tractor pull or hay ride. He just wanted to go down the slide. Now, this slide is massive. It's at least as tall as three of me. Last year, he climbed half way up, then came back down. This year, he was determined to conquer it.
















First we took Kenzie to the ponies. She made it 3/4 of the way around and wanted off.
















Next we headed to the slide. Fortunately, it was not very busy. It was either because it was lunch/naptime or OU/Texas weekend. Either way, I don't care. The kids could climb on the slide without being trampled. Kenzie did what H did last year. She got half way up, then wanted back down. Eventually, she went down one time, and that's because Steven went up with her and held her on the way down. No worries... for one ticket, you could go down the slide 5 times. H had two tickets, so he got to go down 14 times. This thing is seriously high. And when the kids come down? It's lightning fast. H caught air a couple of times. Man... I admit it... I kinda wanted to go down the slide, too.




















Harper climbed up the haystack.




















And posed by the Great Pumpkin mural.
After the Pumpkin Patch, we went home so the kids could take a nap. They went down well and slept a long time. I actually had to wake Harper up.

We went to Ollie's Station for dinner. They have a train motif that will knock your socks off. They have electric trains three deep running around the restaurant. There are trains running in the middle of the restaurant. There are trains up high. There are trains down low. They have Thomasses and Henrys. Engineer caps and railroad crossing signs. Oh man... for a kid who loves trains as much as he does, Steven was in heaven. Er, Harper. Harper was in heaven. (I have to rib my little brother a bit, because for a 24 year old? Yeah, he's as into Thomas as Harper is. The goober.) Here are the kids watching the trains go around the restaurant.
















The trains were really loud. You can hear them in the video below. H *is* yelling, and I shooshed him, but I did hear the manager come out and ask a waitress to turn down the volume on one of the trains.

Oh, the food, you ask? Was amazing! They have the best home style food I've had in a long time. We'll definitely be going back.

By the time we got home, it was bedtime. H took a shower like a big boy and was ready for bed. He was asleep within seconds of laying down. My sweet angel had a wonderful day.