Family Pumpkin Patch and Sausage Fest

On the last beautiful weekend in October we were able to all hang out as a family.  There were plenty of things going on that we thought of doing and the winners were hitting up one of the pumpkin patches and the Sausage Festival.

Saturday we decided to hit up the pumpkin patch.  We have so many up in the North end we decided to try one of the new ones, Thomas Family Farm.  After deciding on what package we were going to get for all the activities we headed on into Kid Land.

The weather was beautiful this day and warm.  Our bundled up selves weren't really prepared for the sixty degree weather that it turned out to be.   First up was the water duck races and then the miniature golf.  Knox loved this part and would have been happy staying here the rest of the time.  Then they hit up the corn pit and Alyssa went into the play house where she wrote her name on the chalk board to let everyone know she was there.  Of course you can't hit a pumpkin patch without riding the cow train, I think they did this twice at this visit.  After that was all said and done we headed on out to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins.

We each were able to find one we liked.  Alyssa I think would have taken them all home if she could.  It was such a beautiful day out we decided to head on out to Fred's in Snohomish for some lunch.  The kids love it down there and after our lunch we walked along the river.

When we got home we all had some down time before our babysitter arrived and Cory and I headed out for dinner.  We wanted to try something new so we hopped the ferry and headed to Kingston for dinner.  It was a great evening out!

Sunday we headed on over to the Sausage Festival.  The Catholic school in Everett puts it on for their fundraiser to help raise money for the care of their grounds.  It's been a hit with the family since we started going.  Of course there are carnival rides and yummy food!  Alyssa was so excited because she is tall enough now to ride the Ferris wheel, unfortunately I had to ride it with her.  I hate this ride.  You can throw me up side down at high speeds but put me on that thing and I freak out!  I sucked it up and rode it with her while Cory was with Knox doing the cars.

The big hit besides the elephant ear was the roller coaster.  They went on that about five times and we were smart and got them bracelets so they were able to ride the rides multiple times.  What I found fascinating was that since the end of August both kids had grown two inches.  I knew they had just by eating/sleeping/clothing habits but didn't think two each!

It was a perfect way to spend what will probably be the last nice weekend of the year!