Pumpkin Hill

Gabi's class took a field trip to Pumpkin Hill at Wildwood Park for the Arts. Parents were invited as chaperones/drivers, so Bella and I joined in the fun. A scenic hayride brought us to a field of hay bales and pumpkins, where each child was allowed to select one pumpkin to bring home. (Apparently they had planted pumpkin vines, but a freeze killed the plants, so we didn't actually see a growing pumpkin patch.) Afterwards, we ate cupcakes before heading home for a bath, lunch, and a nap.


Sisters at Wildwood


Gabi ready for a hayride


Kids on the hayride

Ms. Laura (left);	Olivia (right)

Girls at the entrance to Pumpkin Hill


Gabi and classmates climbing the hay bales


Gabi and Olivia running together


Annabelle at Pumpkin Hill


I wonder what a pumpkin feels like...


All three PreK3 classes

Issac hiding under hay bales (left);	New classmates Samantha and Sabrina (right)
Grey and Ava

Sisterly love


Gabi by the lake at Wildwood

Carving Pumpkins
At school the following day, Gabi's teacher carved a pumpkin for the kids. Gabi loved this demonstration and came home asking to carve her own little pumpkin.


Ms. Laura showing the kids the inside of her pumpkin


Class jack-o-lantern
(Oh, Gabi. What are you doing? And get those fingers out of your mouth!)


First, Gabi drew a face on her pumpkin


Daddy carved the face that Gabi had drawn


Bella picked up the pieces


Look at this, Mama!


Gabi's finished jack-o-lantern


Pumpkin-head Gabi