Eckert's

Remember a few posts back when I said that Ainsley was upset at the apple orchard because we didn't get a pumpkin that day?  Well, we were able to get her a pumpkin a few weeks later at Eckert's.  We met Mom, Mark, Rowdy, Thomas, and Hudson for an afternoon of fun.


Ainsley wanted me to take her picture before we left.  I took advantage of the rare opportunity!

Best shot at getting all four of them in a picture!

They had quite a bit set up for the kids to do, and all the kids had fun running around checking out the animals, games, and anything they could climb on!  Lily only lasted one time around on the ride below before she was crying and reaching out for someone to get her off!  Hudson and Ainsley enjoyed it, after they had to stop it so I could get Lily off.

Ainsley made it to the top of the bouncy slide, and then didn't want to go down.  Grandma to the rescue!

Hudson had a lot of fun feeding the goats.  He had the biggest grin on his face while letting them eat the food off his hand.

 

Ainsley and Rowdy jumped in the bounce house, rode the tricycles, and all the kids played on the big jungle gym and went down the slide (all except scaredy-cat Lily).

They had some holes set up so the kids could do some putt-putt, but it wasn't as much fun as climbing on the fence or anything else they could find.

Teaching Hudson how to climb a fence

The big kids didn't want to leave all the fun activities, but we convinced them into going to look for a pumpkin.

They had all the huge pumpkins set on some hay bales and kids were going crazy on them!  Rowdy was the first one to hop up on them and pose!

Love the snot bubble in this one!

We were then on a mission to get to the pumpkin patch so Ainsley could find a pumpkin!  We had to take a wagon ride to the patch, and then back to the barn after finding the perfect pumpkin.  It wasn't an easy task to find pumpkins with two kids (make that three including Ainsley) that could hardly walk through the pumpkin vines.

Monster baby attack in the pumpkin patch

She found the perfect pumpkin

 

I finally accepted something that afternoon.  It's practically impossible to get a picture of both of my girls looking at the camera and somewhat smiling at the same time.  One of these days it will happen!

Lily had started to develop a rash on her stomach a few days earlier on that Friday evening.  Saturday morning she woke up and the rash had spread to her face, but it didn't look terribly bad.  On Sunday, while at Eckert's, the rash on her face continually got worse, until it was pretty big red bumps all over her face and neck by the time we left.  I went straight from Eckert's to Prompt Care.  The doctor tested her for strep, which came back negative.  He said it was probably something viral and should go away within the next week.  It did end up going away three days later, but it wasn't fun to look at.  Lily didn't run a fever, and it didn't seem to bother her, but it sure scared me and Joel!

Prompt Care selfie!