A Tale of Two Weekends (Part 2)

Chris came back from Notre Dame to find Sarah quite eager to hang out with her daddy. She was so well behaved for me while he was gone it was almost scary! (Maybe she is just a Daddy's girl and likes his attention). Since this is my Tuesday/Thursday work week, he decided to take Monday off to spend with us. We were able to pack the remainder of the weekend with some fun adventures.

We were able to have a picnic lunch at the UK Arboretum this weekend. We tried to think of fun outdoor activities for the family before cold weather sets in. I am definitely not a winter fan. I go absolutely stir crazy before April comes around! We packed some Lunchables, chips, yogurt, etc. and sprawled out in the field.

Sarah also had fun throwing and kicking her ball. Here she is spying the UK water tower. Go Cats!

She also got some practice with a Frisbee. She became frustrated at times, but got the hang of it by the time we left.

It was nice to watch her run. I wish we had more flat backyard space to do this at home. Maybe in our next house...oh sorry, I was just daydreaming!

Sarah and I posed for some goofy photos before packing up to check out the fall flowers.

This is such a fun age!

Next, we made our way to look at the flowers. This is how our walk began...

And, as usual, this is how it ended up!

The arboretum is having a scarecrow exhibition. I took photos of some of the more creative ones. This guy is going fishing.

The fall colors are really beautiful! I love the yellow, red, and orange colors that seem to be everywhere right now.

This was definitely Sarah's favorite scarecrow!

I love walking in this area. I think it is so beautiful! I wish I had the time, energy, and knowledge to make my garden look like this. Ours is a vast wasteland of dirt and dead plants since I started work in August. For those of you who don't know, Kentucky is now in a drought. We have only had one real period of rain in a month!

We ended up at the lily pad once more. It has a relaxing waterfall and a bench to sit and enjoy the sights and sounds. Sarah likes to move in for a closer look. We love the arboretum! Now, off to other adventures!

On Chris's day off we decided to go to the pumpkin patch. The only question was, which one should we try this year? We went to Bi-Water last year and had a blast! We decided to try Boyd's Orchard in Versailles. We had heard great things about it and decided to check it out for ourselves.

Sarah immediately found the pumpkin she was looking for...She was given a book last year entitled "The Littlest Pumpkin". The story is about a pumpkin that is so small that no one wants to take it home. She was determined to take home the littlest pumpkin (the good news for us is it is very easy on our pocketbook:>) Here she is posing with her pride and joy.

This is Sarah's first attempt at the smaller slide in the orchard. It wasn't a 10.0 but she wanted to go again and again!

There were lots of school groups in attendance. We even saw some friends from church there with Dixie Magnet Elementary School! Sarah was excited to see some of her preschool teachers there as chaperones.

This gives you an idea of just how crowded it was. We simply stayed out of the way of the crowds and played in areas they had already been. It worked out just great.

We moved on to visit some animals in the petting zoo.

We even spied Chris the bull at the petting zoo!

And here is our little lamb Sarah!

We finished up our trip by allowing Sarah to slide on the biggest slide at the orchard. She just barely made the height requirement (36 inches), and I was skeptical that she would even slide down. Here is the video proof of her first attempt. She loved it! She went down about six more times before we decided to call it a day. We were all exhausted and ready for a nap.

I wanted to finish the weekend post with a photo of Sarah with Daddy and Papaw Coleman at her favorite place- McDonalds! Sarah loves him dearly. It has been great to have them as neighbors and for Sarah to spend lots of quality time with them. Needless to say from my last two posts, this was an action packed weekend. I love Kentucky in October! I dread the cold weather but will hold on to the fond memories of our outside adventures until the warm breezes blow back our way next April.

Bye for now.