Everyone has been posting these wonderful visits to pumpkin patches and I'm completely jealous. I love pumpkins and think pumpkin patches are so great, but we haven't been able to go to one this year but luckily the pumpkin fairy (poppy) left each kid a pumpkin on the doorstep so we finally got around to decorating those last night, and the following is what ensued...
When Nana was here visiting with gran they got the kids a huge bag of balloons, and that bag of balloons has provided hours and hours of fun. When air balloons started getting a little boring we decided to try some of the water variety. Strangers looked hesitant as we marched around outside with our camo shorts, Mohawks, and 'that devious glint in our eyes'.
Speaking of 'that devious glint'
Maya is such a great helper with Miles. She loves him to pieces and doesn't even complain too much about being spit up on.
Miles complains enough for the both of them
We don't see near enough of this handsome face, but he's working hard and makes the most of his time home with us.
We went on a nature hike with this awesome guide named Boot. The kids love him and he is excellent. I guess I decided to dress Bennett like Elmer Fud for the special day:)
Here are the hoodlums preparing for the hike
Maya who constantly forgets that the hikes are held on a Nature Sanctuary and constantly has to be reminded not to pick things and that "No we cant keep the cricket as a pet". On both of the hikes we have gone on with Boot he has told her "I love a girl who isn't afraid to touch BUGS"
Look at that chunky monkey
And the crowning achievement of our week...Bennett decided to paint his eye closed with rubber cement. I was looking up a red box location on the computer (a very quick thing to do) when Porter came running in saying "Uh oh mom, something bad (they always preface their stories with either "something bad" or "do you think it's something bad or good?") Bennett got the bottle with the cow on it and now his eye is stuck closed and he's holding a tissue on it". I ran out to check (because Porter was panicked and I had no clue what bottle had a cow on it) and sure enough Bennett had the rubber cement which is kept 'out of reach' (he used a chair to climb up and get it) and was holding a baby wipe over his eye trying to wipe it off. Obviously the baby wipe idea was flawed and I had to intervene. I rubbed and rubbed and picked and pulled until we finally got his eye opened. The the kids started telling me I was being mean because he was SCREAMING and his eye was opened so I think they thought I should leave the rest of the little gummy boogers on his face. So I did. It took two whole days for them to be all the way gone. 
It was so nice to have them here for Miles blessing. It was a beautiful blessing for a beautiful baby on a beautiful day (the only thing that could have made it better was to have Grampy Porter here, but being a stake president is grueling)!
That baby is more than a hand full. He's pretty big for a two month old!
...had delicious caramel apples
some kids like to savor their apples by mostly just licking them
While other kids just bite right in
but, Daddy may have enjoyed his most of all!
Then we all dressed like cranberry's and headed off for the 6th annual cranberry festival!
These were some of the crates they had displayed in a big barn
And here is some of the juice they also displayed
Here are the cranberries rocking out in the music section
There was an owl show that was awesome
although we all enjoyed it Maya might have liked it the best. She was on the edge of her seat (and Porter was on the edge of Grammys lap) the whole time.
Here is a peek at miles who spent the day sleeping in the Moby (I'd just like to say Moby's were made for urban livin'. It's just too bad I don't have a red one)
I sure wish we brought our waders so we could have waded out into those beautiful berries
I think Porter is pretending to eat a cranberry and Maya is pretending to be one.
Don't you just want to dive into that truck and take a swim?
Pretty amazing!
There was this massive sand pile that the kids played on forever. It was great fun.
Little miss sandy bum didn't mind getting a little dirty
Or a lot dirty for that matter
Our handsome Daddy supervised the whole sand pile (although secretly he was dying to run up that glorious mountain of sand)
Here is Porter sliding down the slope
Another peek at Miles
This is how Bennett spent most of his day. He and Poppy were inseparable on this trip. What will I do now that they are gone and I have no one to entertain the terrorist?
