Pumpkin time!

The weekend of Columbus Day, I had a three-day weekend because of the holiday. Plus, Dad was out of town. So Mom decided to round up some friends and we all hit the road together.

Our first surprise when we got up Saturday morning was the weather. While it had been more than 90 degrees Thursday and Friday, Saturday was cold. Mom hustled up some warm weather clothes, and we grumbled about having to put them on, but it's a good thing we did because it was really chilly all weekend.

This is how many kids we can fit in our car

As soon as we finished breakfast, we got in the car, filled our gas tank, and headed over to Vishnu's house. We popped his booster seat in the back of our car, he and his mom got in, and we set off for Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls.

Our trip was fun. Vishnu's mom brought loads of yummy snacks and while Mom drove, she passed food back to us. We listened to fun music, I liked having Vishnu's company in the back, and Mom and Vishnu's mom had a good time talking with each other.

A little over an hour later, we were all happy to stretch our legs at the farm. Fortunately, there's lots of room to run there!

We first hit a big bouncy structure. I thought it was kind of tough to climb to the top, but Hazel and Vishnu ran right up and I eventually made it. It was a good chance to burn some of our energy we collected in the car.

After that, we played on a little tractor and with some corn maze signs while waiting to meet up with another friend -- Zhenya! We were happy to see her smiling face before we set off to take a hay ride.

The hay ride was a blast. Not only was it fun riding behind a big tractor with all our friends, there were funny scenes set up with scarecrows the whole way through the course. There were scarecrows in bed, scarecrows in jail, scarecrows in school, scarecrows on the playground and many more.

The end was Turner's favorite part. He's really into animals right now; every time the deer walk past our house, he runs to the back door to yell and wave at them. Anyway, on the hay ride, we came around the last corner to find about a million goats, some donkeys and some horses. He yelled, pointed and stared at them. It was pretty funny.

After that, Hazel and I rode a train together, and we all helped Zhenya pick some flowers. Hazel and Vishnu especially liked that part. Then we had a nice picnic lunch, Hazel and Vishnu made a sand art project and Turner and I ran around.

Because we went on the weekend, it was pretty crowded at the farm, but we felt we made the most of it and had a lot of fun.

We certainly tired ourselves out. As soon as we got in the car, Hazel, Turner and I fell asleep. Vishnu was awake the whole way back and liked listening to kids' book recordings we have on our iPod.

Since we've been home, Hazel and I have been asking Mom to take us back again. She said we'll have to wait until next year, or at least next summer, when they have berry picking on the farm.

To see more pictures of our fun day, click here.