Last weekend, we dressed the girls alike and took a trip to Whole Foods where they had a really cute pumpkin patch set up. I thought it would make adorable pictures and it would have IF a) it wasn’t so bright b) the girls could actually open their eyes c) the stars would have aligned! We picked the wrong time to go. I thought evening would be great but we should have waited an hour. The sun was going down but there was nothing to block it and it was set up facing that direction. In any case, this is what we ended up with so we are going to attempt again before they take it all down. Olivia loved the cow! Avery thought it would be fun until Scott put her on it and she started screaming. After our failed attempt at pictures, we decided it was time to go get some goodies at Whole Foods! I love cool grocery stores and this Flagship Whole Foods has every grocery store beat (my opinion, of course)! I remember when I first moved to Austin many years ago, it was a very small establishment across the street where Anthropologie now is. Boy has it come a long way! It’s huge and is prepared food heaven…
Really MOM…Do we have to do this?
This is Avery’s fake smile…we resorted to bribery:
Too bright…I’ll smile and close my eyes:
Awww, they were troopers!
In dreamland, I would have one of these to park at my farm and take the kids on hay rides and go joy riding! Since it’s dreamland, my farm would be around Napa.
If there was a place you could walk in and instantly feel “happy,” this is it for me! I can walk in and it washes over me. It’s the simple things 😉 We really enjoy taking the girls on Friday evenings to plan our special weekend dinners (when we are in town).
Can I volunteer to run your “dreamland” Napa farm while you are not there?!? Love your blog (used to live in The Woodlands and got married in Austin!) Your girls are precious.
We went to a pumpkin patch in Elgin yesterday, and we’re going to the one in Tarrytown tomorrow… hopefully Eli will feel like cooperating with pictures!
Oh and Eli has been talking about Avery a lot! It’s the funniest thing. I guess she made a big impression on him. He keeps saying, “Avery… words I can’t understand… play ball…. more gibberish… Avery puppy.” Despite how nervous he was as she was running around, I think he really loved your little dog!
Where is the Tarrytown pumpkin patch? I want to take the girls. I love that he had fun here 🙂 How was the pumpkin patch in Elgin?
I don’t know if I’ve ever commented before (I’ve been reading your blog for a while), but I had to comment on this post. Too funny that your dream farm would be around Napa, because I live just about half an hour from there and am always harassing my husband to move to Austin!!
I was just complaining this week that these damp nights are going to be the end of me. Between October and May, I am pretty much bothering the poor man day and night about moving to a warmer, drier climate.
Love your blog!
Ha, that’s funny! You should move to Austin 🙂 You would not be disappointed (except it is dryer than normal right now so we are in a severe drought). I’m not experienced with the Napa climate but it always looks so beautiful in pictures and on TV. Thanks for reading!