It's Pumpkin Patch time again, already! Today, my mom and I took the boys on our annual trip to Poppe Pumpkin Patch in Lakefield, MN...about 30 minutes from here. There's so much fun stuff to do there, such as: fun playground equipment, barrel train rides, hay rides to the pumpkin field to pick our own pumpkins, farm animals to see (goats, a cow, pig, llama, chickens and rabbit), trike racing track, Storybook Land, a graveyard (fake of course) maze, and a corn maze...and I'm probably leaving things out, too! This was our first year to go through the corn maze, and we had no idea how long of a walk that would be! The boys picked some pretty big pumpkins this year and cut them off the vines by themselves! Of course, after picking such huge pumpkins, I was the lucky one that got to lift them onto the hayride! After having lots of fun, we ate a quick lunch there in their neat little cafe, and headed back home! This is always such a fun time of year, and something we look forward to doing each year!
After our fun time at the pumpkin patch today, the boys were welcomed home with a surprise from Grandpa Mick! He was out practicing shooting his bow, and asked the boys to join him! They were QUITE excited to be able to do this! My dad had some bows there for younger kids, and while they were still difficult for the boys to pull back, they both tried as hard as they could and were THRILLED when they actually hit the target a few times (although the poor garage, wood pile, and even the ground took most of the shots - LOL)! The boys enjoy times like these when they get to do "man" things with their favorite men! Thankfully, Grandpa, Uncle Ben, and Daddy all enjoy doing those "man" things, so the boys get plenty of opportunities for times like this! 
