Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

On Friday, my Kindergarten class went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch. It was just in time to choose a pumpkin for Halloween night. Here's Thomas and me at the entrance.

I'm kind of an expert at the pumpkin patch now because we went to the same farm last year when I was in preschool. Before you go out to the field, it's lots of fun to listen to the band, jump on hay bales and dance with Polly Pumpkin and Korny Corn.

Korny Corn was in a really silly mood. He came off the stage, danced with us, then let all of us chase him around the farm. Mommy thinks he's pretty brave to let 40 kids chase him.

After lots of dancing, it was time to catch the hay wagon out to the field. There was a guy named Pumpkin Pete on our wagon and he played the guitar and sang all sorts of old songs. I knew most of his songs because they are the same ones that Grandpa always sings.

The pumpkin patch was really, really muddy! There were huge puddles everywhere and lots of slimy, slippery, mud. Good thing we had our boots! I made sure that Mommy held my hand so that I wouldn't slip. I hate getting dirty.

At first I just wanted to get back on the wagon and go to Safeway to buy a pumpkin but then Mommy saw a nice grassy patch with lots of pumpkins. She said if we were careful we could get over to it and probably find a nice pumpkin. I almost fell once but we made it over there without getting dirty. Remember, I hate getting dirty!

Finding a good pumpkin was hard. Lots of them were rotten and slimy - yuk! Also, Mommy didn't want to carry a really big one. Finally, I found two that we both liked. One big one and one small one.

I tried to help Mommy by carrying the small pumpkin but after a short while, it was too heavy. We managed to get ourselves and our two pumpkins back across the muddy field without falling and headed back on the wagon.

After the wagon ride back I discovered a hay tent. It was just a huge tent full of hay. My friends and I had so much fun running, jumping, throwing and piling up the hay. Good thing I was wearing my rain coat because when the hay gets in your shirt, it's itchy.

Even though I escaped the hay tent without much hay stuck to me, when we got back to our car, we discovered my boots were full of hay.

I had a fun morning at the pumpkin patch. Now I have to dream up some jack-o-lantern faces.

Ahoy

It might look like I'm a pirate but I'm not. I just have to wear a patch over one eye everyday until my other eye learns to work a little harder.

Haunted House

Daddy and Uncle Ash took Mommy and me to a haunted house on Thursday night. When we got there we had to wait in a short line to get in. It didn't take us long to get to the front.

At first I wasn't scared at all. I was really excited. The girls in front of us were really nervous though. After they went in, they came running out the entrance door a few seconds later. I thought that was so funny. Then it was my turn to in. I held Mommy's hand to keep her safe because I think she was feeling a little nervous.

The front hall was a little spooky with scary music but there were no spooks so we continued into the next room. When we got into the next room that's when I started to get nervous. There were lots of skeletons and it was dark. Some things were moving and it started to look real. I knew that it was all fake though so we went a little further into the next room. That's when I wanted to leave - the creatures looked gross with blood everywhere. A tree tried to grab us, then later, a skeleton tried to sneak up on Daddy! Now, I was happy to be holding onto Mommy's hand. She needed me to keep her safe! One more room on and a creature tried to grab me and said "peanut butter!" That was funny! I was surprised that scary creatures say "peanut butter."

Thankfully there was an exit for beginners in the next room and since this was my first time I knew I should leave the haunted house there. I took Mommy with me. Daddy and Uncle Ash are experts so they went off to to see the rest of the house.

When they came out of the expert's exit they were laughing so I knew that the rest of the house couldn't be too creepy.

Today I asked Mommy if I could go back to the haunted house during the daytime. Spooks sleep during the day so it's was still creepy but not as scary.

When I Grow Up

When I was a little kid, I loved buses and wanted to be a bus driver. Uncle Ashok already helped me live that dream (see my blog from June 8, 2008 - http://avisantics.blogspot.com/2008/06/move-on-back.html). So now I've moved on to bigger and better things.

If I can't become a superhero then I want to go to university to become an astronaut. Doesn't the suit look perfect on me!

Show and Tell: Pumpkin

I grew a pumpkin in our garden this summer and now it's going to come in really handy.

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Soccer Update

I scored two goals at soccer today. It was really wet but soccer was still lots of fun.

Batman

Don't be surprised if you find Batman at our house next time you visit. He often visits.

Show and Tell: Turkeys

I have show and tell at school every Monday. Yesterday was a holiday so I didn't go to school. This is what I'm going to show the kids today.

Thanksgiving Turkeys

I'm helping Mommy with Thanksgiving dinner this year by making all the placecards...

Pancakes Can Be Hard

I'm five years old now and pretty responsible so Mommy thinks it's time that I learn how to use a knife and fork. I began last week by cutting up my bananas and I'm pretty good at that now. This morning Mommy said I should try cutting pancakes. Pancakes are soft but they're hard!

Kindergarten

I've been in Kindergarten for a few weeks now and I realized today that I haven't written any updates about school. Sometimes it's hard to take pictures in class because there are so many other people around.

This is Ms. Skinner's room...the outside anyways.

Here I am at my cubby with my best friend Thomas. We have our cubby holes beside each other. My cubby is where I keep my classroom shoes and where I hang my stuff each day.

I'm having lots of fun at school. On Mondays and Wednesdays, we have gym and on Thursdays we go to the library. Our school library has LOTS of super hero books and I'm trying to read all of them.

My teacher, Ms. Skinner, is really nice and sometimes very funny. I like the toys she has in her classroom especially the block corner and the sand table.

My favourite part of Kindergarten is art. I like Ms. Skinner's art projects because we don't just draw and paint. Her art projects are more like experiments. One day I had to figure out how to make green paint, another day, I had to see what happened when I drew with crayons and then painted with water colours over top. I always learn something interesting.